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
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:02
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Jim Allen	Kitchen Polka	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Bob King	Rescue at Moose River Gold Mine (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:17
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Bob King	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Stu Phillips	When the Ice Worms Nest Again	A Visit to British Columbia	02:34
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Donn Reynolds	Out of Step	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36

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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