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
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Jim Allen	Kitchen Polka	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
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
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Mike Graham	White Birches	Momento of Manitoulin	02:32
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Omar Blondahl	Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:25
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Bob King	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Bob King	Memories of You (Souvenir de toi) (Bob King) vocals Marie King	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:30
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Omar Blondahl	Lawrence Whelan Falls in the Brine	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:59
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
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
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Donn Reynolds	Rovin' Gambler	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:15
Bob King	The Little Shirt My Mother Made for Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:38
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Bob King	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35

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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