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
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Omar Blondahl	Ballad of the Frank Slide	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:16
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
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
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Joe Kozak	Border Baby	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:24
Bob King	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Omar Blondahl	Yellow Rose of Texas	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:01
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Stu Phillips	When the Ice Worms Nest Again	A Visit to British Columbia	02:34
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:02
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Omar Blondahl	When Paddy McGinty Plays the Harp	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Omar Blondahl	Lawrence Whelan Falls in the Brine	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:59
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:24
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Omar Blondahl	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
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
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Angus Walker	Eatin' Outa Your Hand	Bluegrass Special	01:52
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38

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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