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
Omar Blondahl	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Omar Blondahl	Ballad of the Frank Slide	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:16
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Graham Townsend	Ontario Swing	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:38
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Stu Phillips	When the Ice Worms Nest Again	A Visit to British Columbia	02:34
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Bob King	I've Been Down That Road Before (Hank Wiliams)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:09
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
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
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Omar Blondahl	Lawrence Whelan Falls in the Brine	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:59
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Bob King	The Ballad of the Chapeau Boys (Bob King and Needham)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:06
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
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
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Bob King	When the Work's All Done This Fall	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:39
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23

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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