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	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
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
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
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
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Donn Reynolds	Rovin' Gambler	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:15
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
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
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	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:02
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Omar Blondahl	Yellow Rose of Texas	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:01
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Mike Graham	White Birches	Momento of Manitoulin	02:32
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Reg Hill	Puffin' On The Ole Cigar	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:54
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
Bob King	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Donn Reynolds	Out of Step	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52

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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