Banff Rodeo Records

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
Omar Blondahl Ballad of the Frank Slide Omar's Favorite Folk Songs
Bob King Rose of Old Pawnee Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser
Stu Phillips En Roulant Ma Boule Visit Old Québec
Dougie Trineer Buckeroo 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring
Bev Van den Bergh Marie You Know Who Spin it Country
Ted Daigle Young & Beautiful Teenage Time
Joe Kozak Slowly Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee
Reg Hill Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2
Jerry Hatton Walk the Floor Sittin' and Thinkin'
Bob King Give My Love to Rose 10th Anniversary
Mike Graham Billings Momento of Manitoulin
Bob King That's What's On My Mind Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings
Wendell Sharpe The Brightest One in Town The Brightest One in Town
Angus Walker Poor Little Bullfrog Bluegrass Special
Bob King Driftwood On the River Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story
Bob King Lonely City Park 10th Anniversary
Angus Walker I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again Blue Grass Songs
Mike Graham People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya Momento of Manitoulin
Bob King Why Don't You Leave Me Sing For Laurel Lee
Angus Walker Why Not Confess Blue Grass Songs
Omar Blondahl Mother Carey The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland
Graham Townsend Montréal ‘67 Salutes Canada's Centennial
Bob King My Son Calls Another Man Daddy Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings
Bob King On the Banks of the Old Ponchartrain Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story
Bob King Laurel Lee Sing For Laurel Lee
Stu Phillips The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line Visit Old Québec
Jim Allen Three Legged Milk Stool A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen
Omar Blondahl Bonavist Harbour 16 Songs of Newfoundland
Mike Graham Sands of Providence Bay Momento of Manitoulin
Bob King Batanio the Pride of the Plains Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story
Mike Graham There's a Bridge in Little Current Momento of Manitoulin
Graham Townsend Sir John Abbot Waltz Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou Panhandle Rag Pickin' Strings Country Style
Jim Allen Faded Love A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen
Reg Hill The Timber Raft Jig Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2
Wendell Sharpe It's Been So Long Darling The Brightest One in Town
Bob King It Breaks a Mothers Heart Sing A Country Song
Bev Van den Bergh Marie For the Good TImes Spin it Country
Grant Hewlett Nelson Fat Sydney Black The Critics Choice...
Stu Phillips The Okanagan Valley A Visit to British Columbia
Jim Allen Mountain Girl A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen
Bob King I've Been Down That Road Before (Hank Wiliams) By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story
Joe Kozak Fraulien Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee
Omar Blondahl The Moonshine Can 16 Songs of Newfoundland
Bob King The All Canadian Boy Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings
Dougie Trineer Country Gentleman 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring
Bob King French Canadian Girl Sing A Country Song
Donn Reynolds Little Miss Blue Eyes The Wild One and other country favorites
Grant Hewlett Nelson Walk 'Round th' Hound The Critics Choice...
Donn Reynolds The Wild One The Wild One and other country favorites
Omar Blondahl Saskatchewan Omar's Favorite Folk Songs
Dougie Trineer Day Dream 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring
Stu Phillips Nigger John Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills
Omar Blondahl Green Flowers Omar's Favorite Folk Songs
Dougie Trineer Meet Mr Calahan 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring
Westmorland Singers How Can You Buy Killarney At Home With
Stu Phillips The Banff Cave Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills
Joe Kozak Tennessee Central No. 9 Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt) Moose Jaw Rag Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou Corina Pickin' Strings Country Style
Mike Graham Gore Bay Momento of Manitoulin
Omar Blondahl The Ship that Never Returned The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland
Angus Walker Go Boy Go Blue Grass Songs
Reg Hill Clayton Poirier Two-Step Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt) Swinging on the Strings Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers
Bob King If The Things They Say Are True The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True
Stu Phillips Bill Miner Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills
Bob King Lonely City Park Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings
Stu Phillips The Grand Hotel A Visit to British Columbia
Stu Phillips Moon Over the Rockies A Visit to British Columbia
Omar Blondahl The Roving Newfoundlander 16 Songs of Newfoundland
Dougie Trineer Galloping Guitar 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring
Joe Kozak Lullaby Waltz Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers You've Got to Change the Way You Live ST
Stu Phillips Star Child Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills
Bev Van den Bergh Marie Help Me Make it Through the Night Spin it Country
Leonard Meehan The Dying Seal Hunter Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs
Bob King The Ballad of the Chapeau Boys (Bob King and Needham) By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story
Bob King Boy With a Future 10th Anniversary
Bob King Rose of Old Pawnee 10th Anniversary
Reg Hill The Kiddy Car Reel Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2
Stu Phillips Simon Gun-a-Noot A Visit to British Columbia
Bob King Jimmy Brown the Newsboy 10th Anniversary
Westmorland Singers Side by Side At Home With
Bob King The French Song Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou Black Mountain Rag Pickin' Strings No. 2
Joe Kozak The Lights are Growing Dim Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee
Olaf Sveen Prairie Breeze Polka At Jasper Park Lodge
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Westmorland Singers When You Come to the End of the Day At Home With
Dougie Trineer Sugar Foot Rag 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring
Shirley Field Evening Shadows Two Sides of
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou A Gay Ranchero Pickin' Strings Country Style
Reg Hill Dancing Waters Waltz Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'
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
Graham Townsend Alberta Polka Salutes Canada's Centennial
Bob King Rescue at Moose River Gold Mine (Wilf Carter) By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story
Angus Walker The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee Blue Grass Songs
Bob King Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard) By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers Don't Close the Gates ST

Donn Reynolds - The Wild One and other country favorites

Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'

Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2

Reg Hill Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2 (1)

Reg Hill

Reg Hill - Ottawa Valley Fiddlin' Side 2

Reg Hill - Ottawa Valley Fiddlin' Side 1

A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen

Donn Reynolds - The Wild One BACK

Donn Reynolds

Donn Reynolds - The Wild One and Other Country Favourites

Donn Reynolds - The Wild One and Other Country Favourites

Fred Dixon & the Friday Afternoon - ST BACK

16 Songs of Newfoundland

Omar Blondahl - 16 Songs of Newfoundland BACK

Bob King 10th Anniversary BACK

10th Anniversary

Bob King - Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story Side 2

Bob King - Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story Side 1

Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story

Shirley Field - Two Sides of BACK

Two Sides of

Graham Townsend - Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers BACK

Graham Townsend - Salutes Canada's Centennial BACK

Graham Townsend - Salutes Canada's Centennial

Van den Bergh, Bev Marie

Field, Shirley

Visit Old Québec

Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills

A Visit to British Columbia

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