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	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
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	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Jim Allen	Sunset Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:10
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Bob King	I've Been Down That Road Before (Hank Wiliams)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:09
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Bob King	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Bob King	The Ballad of the Chapeau Boys (Bob King and Needham)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:06
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Donn Reynolds	Rovin' Gambler	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:15
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
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
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09

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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