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
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Omar Blondahl	Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:25
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Omar Blondahl	John Hinks	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:36
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Omar Blondahl	Lawrence Whelan Falls in the Brine	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:59
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Stu Phillips	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Omar Blondahl	Yellow Rose of Texas	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:01
Bob King	Rockin' Alone in an Old Rockin' Chair (Bob Miller)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:10
Reg Hill	Uncle John McDermid's Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:06
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36

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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