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
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Jim Allen	Sunset Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:10
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
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
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Reg Hill	Puffin' On The Ole Cigar	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:54
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Bob King	Memories of You (Souvenir de toi) (Bob King) vocals Marie King	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:30
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:02
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Bob King	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Omar Blondahl	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Reg Hill	Pembroke Centennial Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:36
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Stu Phillips	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Graham Townsend	Saskatchewan Jig	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:49
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43

Banff Rodeo Records

Tracks

FEATURED

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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