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	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Angus Walker	Eatin' Outa Your Hand	Bluegrass Special	01:52
Bob King	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Reg Hill	The Kiddy Car Reel	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:22
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Reg Hill	Uncle John McDermid's Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:06
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Jim Allen	Kitchen Polka	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Graham Townsend	Ontario Swing	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:38
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19

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

FEATURED

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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