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
Stu Phillips	When the Ice Worms Nest Again	A Visit to British Columbia	02:34
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
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
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Omar Blondahl	Ballad of the Frank Slide	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:16
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
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
Reg Hill	Dancing Waters Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:48
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
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
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Reg Hill	Uncle John McDermid's Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:06
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
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	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Donn Reynolds	Out of Step	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Omar Blondahl	That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:18
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
Bob King	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55

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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