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	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Omar Blondahl	When Paddy McGinty Plays the Harp	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Bob King	Rescue at Moose River Gold Mine (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:17
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Stu Phillips	When the Ice Worms Nest Again	A Visit to British Columbia	02:34
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Bob King	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Bob King	The Little Shirt My Mother Made for Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:38
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
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
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:24
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
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
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Omar Blondahl	Lawrence Whelan Falls in the Brine	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:59
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Omar Blondahl	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36

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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