Banff Rodeo Records

Despite its western-sounding name, Banff Rodeo Records was not founded in the Rockies but emerged from Eastern Canada as part of Rodeo Records Ltd.—a label established in Montreal in 1949 by Don Johnson and George Taylor. The company relocated to Halifax in 1956, where it opened a recording studio, and later moved operations to Peterborough, Ontario, in 1969.

Launched as a sub-label in 1953, Banff became known for its broad and eclectic catalogue, featuring everything from country and cowboy songs to maritime folk, East Coast fiddle tunes, and regional Canadiana. Often sold in souvenir shops and department stores, Banff records documented the voices and sounds of everyday Canadians—capturing the spirit of both rural and coastal communities from coast to coast. This room preserves the legacy of Banff Rodeo Records, a truly national imprint in Canada’s musical history.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Leonard Meehan	The Song of the Anchor Watch, Brave Captain William Jackman	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:55
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Reg Hill	Pembroke Centennial Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:36
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Omar Blondahl	Ballad of the Frank Slide	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:16
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Donn Reynolds	Rovin' Gambler	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:15
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Bob King	On the Banks of the Old Ponchartrain	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:38
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Bob King	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32

Banff Rodeo Records

Tracks

FEATURED

Reg Hill - Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'

Reg Hill - Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2

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Jim Allen - A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen

FEATURED

Donn Reynolds - The Wild One and other country favorites

Omar Blondahl - 16 Songs of Newfoundland

Bob King - 10th Anniversary

Shirley Field - Two Sides of

Graham Townsend - Salutes Canada's Centennial

FEATURED

Stu Phillips - Visit Old Québec

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Stu Phillips - Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills

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Stu Phillips - A Visit to British Columbia

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Mike Graham - Momento of Manitoulin

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Omar Blondahl - Omar's Favorite Folk Songs

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Joe Kozak - Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee

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Joe Kozak - Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me

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Novatones - Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back

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Bob King - By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story

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Bob King - Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings

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Bob King - Sing A Country Song

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Bob King - Sing For Laurel Lee

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Bob King - Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story

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Bob King - That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here

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Bob King - Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser

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Bob King - The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True

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Ted Daigle - Teenage Time

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Olaf Sveen - At Jasper Park Lodge

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Westmorland Singers - At Home With

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Dougie Trineer - 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring

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Angus Walker - Blue Grass Songs

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Angus Walker - Bluegrass Special

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