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
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:39
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Jessie's Tragedy	Spin it Country	03:35
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	03:54
Omar Blondahl	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
Graham Townsend	Saskatchewan Jig	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:49
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
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
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Bob King	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Stu Phillips	When the Ice Worms Nest Again	A Visit to British Columbia	02:34
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:38
Leonard Meehan	The Song of the Anchor Watch, Brave Captain William Jackman	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:55
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Omar Blondahl	Ballad of the Frank Slide	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:16
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55
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
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42

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Omar Blondahl - 16 Songs of Newfoundland

Wynyard, Saskatchewan - St. John's, Newfoundland

Bob King - 10th Anniversary

Joyceville, Ontario - Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Shirley Field - Two Sides of

Banff Rodeo Records

Tracks

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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Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt) - Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers

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Wendell Sharpe - The Brightest One in Town

Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers - ST

FEATURED

Omar Blondahl - The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland

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