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
Jim Allen	Kitchen Polka	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Bob King	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Graham Townsend	Ontario Swing	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:38
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
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	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Reg Hill	Dancing Waters Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:48
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
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
Bob King	Rescue at Moose River Gold Mine (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:17
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Bob King	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Omar Blondahl	Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:25
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Omar Blondahl	When Paddy McGinty Plays the Harp	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Mike Graham	White Birches	Momento of Manitoulin	02:32
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Graham Townsend	Saskatchewan Jig	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:49
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30

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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