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
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Reg Hill	Uncle John McDermid's Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:06
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
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
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Bob King	On the Banks of the Old Ponchartrain	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:38
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Reg Hill	Pembroke Centennial Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:36
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Omar Blondahl	When Paddy McGinty Plays the Harp	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Omar Blondahl	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Omar Blondahl	John Hinks	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:36
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Graham Townsend	Ontario Swing	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06

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

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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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