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
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:24
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
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
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Omar Blondahl	That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:18
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
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Omar Blondahl	Ballad of the Frank Slide	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:16
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Donn Reynolds	Out of Step	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Bob King	Rescue at Moose River Gold Mine (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:17
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Mike Graham	White Birches	Momento of Manitoulin	02:32
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Omar Blondahl	When Paddy McGinty Plays the Harp	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39

Banff Rodeo Records

Tracks

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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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