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	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Omar Blondahl	Ballad of the Frank Slide	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:16
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Reg Hill	Dancing Waters Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:48
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	01:44
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Angus Walker	Eatin' Outa Your Hand	Bluegrass Special	01:52
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
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
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Bob King	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:24
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09

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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