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
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Mike Graham	White Birches	Momento of Manitoulin	02:32
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Omar Blondahl	When Paddy McGinty Plays the Harp	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
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
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Stu Phillips	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Reg Hill	Dancing Waters Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:48
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
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
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Bob King	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
Omar Blondahl	That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:18
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
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
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Reg Hill	Pembroke Centennial Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:36
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Bob King	When the Work's All Done This Fall	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:39
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Angus Walker	Eatin' Outa Your Hand	Bluegrass Special	01:52
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23

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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