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
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Bob King	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
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
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
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	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Graham Townsend	Ontario Swing	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:38
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Jim Allen	Sunset Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:10
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
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
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Bob King	Memories of You (Souvenir de toi) (Bob King) vocals Marie King	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:30
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
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	Jessie's Tragedy	Spin it Country	03:35
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54

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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