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
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Bob King	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
Omar Blondahl	Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:25
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55
Joe Kozak	Border Baby	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:24
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Bob King	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15

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

FEATURED

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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