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
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Reg Hill	Uncle John McDermid's Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:06
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Omar Blondahl	Ballad of the Frank Slide	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:16
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Omar Blondahl	Yellow Rose of Texas	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:01
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Jim Allen	Sunset Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:10
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Mike Graham	White Birches	Momento of Manitoulin	02:32
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	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
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
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
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Joe Kozak	Border Baby	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:24
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Graham Townsend	Saskatchewan Jig	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:49
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Jim Allen	Kitchen Polka	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Bob King	I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:14
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Donn Reynolds	Rovin' Gambler	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:15
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:02
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42

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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