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
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:02
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	03:28
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:38
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:08
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	03:54
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Bob King	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:18
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Stu Phillips	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
Angus Walker	Eatin' Outa Your Hand	Bluegrass Special	01:52
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
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
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
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	02:14
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Bob King	I've Been Down That Road Before (Hank Wiliams)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:09
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
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:39
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:20
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56

Banff Rodeo Records

Tracks

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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

Graham Townsend - Salutes Canada's Centennial

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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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