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
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Bob King	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Jim Allen	Sunset Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:10
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Jim Allen	Kitchen Polka	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Omar Blondahl	When Paddy McGinty Plays the Harp	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Omar Blondahl	Ballad of the Frank Slide	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:16
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Omar Blondahl	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Donn Reynolds	Out of Step	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17

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

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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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