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
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Omar Blondahl	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Jessie's Tragedy	Spin it Country	03:35
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
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
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:08
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Stu Phillips	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
Bob King	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Joe Kozak	Border Baby	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:24
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Bob King	Memories of You (Souvenir de toi) (Bob King) vocals Marie King	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:30
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01

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Omar Blondahl - 16 Songs of Newfoundland

Wynyard, Saskatchewan - St. John's, Newfoundland

Bob King - 10th Anniversary

Joyceville, Ontario - Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Shirley Field - Two Sides of

Banff Rodeo Records

Tracks

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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Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt) - Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers

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Wendell Sharpe - The Brightest One in Town

Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers - ST

FEATURED

Omar Blondahl - The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland

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