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
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:24
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Stu Phillips	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Jim Allen	Kitchen Polka	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
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	I've Been Down That Road Before (Hank Wiliams)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:09
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Omar Blondahl	That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:18
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
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
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Omar Blondahl	Ballad of the Frank Slide	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:16
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
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
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Bob King	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14

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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