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
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Stu Phillips	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Bob King	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
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
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:02
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Omar Blondahl	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Reg Hill	Uncle John McDermid's Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:06
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
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
Jim Allen	Kitchen Polka	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Reg Hill	Pembroke Centennial Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:36
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Donn Reynolds	Rovin' Gambler	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:15
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	01:44
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:24
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36

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

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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