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
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	03:54
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
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
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
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
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
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
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
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
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Donn Reynolds	Out of Step	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:18
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Stu Phillips	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Jessie's Tragedy	Spin it Country	03:35
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18

Banff Rodeo Records

Tracks

Graham Townsend - Salutes Canada's Centennial

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Shirley Field - Two Sides of

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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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Bob King - 10th Anniversary

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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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Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt) - Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers

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Wendell Sharpe - The Brightest One in Town

Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers - ST

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Omar Blondahl - The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland

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Omar Blondahl - 16 Songs of Newfoundland

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