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	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Graham Townsend	Saskatchewan Jig	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:49
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:24
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Joe Kozak	Border Baby	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:24
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
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
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Angus Walker	Eatin' Outa Your Hand	Bluegrass Special	01:52
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Bob King	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	01:44
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Bob King	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54

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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