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
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Omar Blondahl	Yellow Rose of Texas	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:01
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Bob King	Rockin' Alone in an Old Rockin' Chair (Bob Miller)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:10
Bob King	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:18
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Donn Reynolds	Rovin' Gambler	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:15
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:08
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:20
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	03:28
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Stu Phillips	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Donn Reynolds	Out of Step	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:18
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25

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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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