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
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Omar Blondahl	Yellow Rose of Texas	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:01
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Stu Phillips	When the Ice Worms Nest Again	A Visit to British Columbia	02:34
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Jim Allen	Sunset Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:10
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Joe Kozak	Border Baby	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:24
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Bob King	Rescue at Moose River Gold Mine (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:17
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Omar Blondahl	Lawrence Whelan Falls in the Brine	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:59
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
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
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Donn Reynolds	Rovin' Gambler	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:15
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08

Banff Rodeo Records

Tracks

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Reg Hill - Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'

Reg Hill - Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2

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Jim Allen - A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen

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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

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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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