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
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
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
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
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
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
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
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Stu Phillips	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Bob King	When the Work's All Done This Fall	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:39
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Bob King	The Ballad of the Chapeau Boys (Bob King and Needham)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:06
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Reg Hill	Puffin' On The Ole Cigar	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:54
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Omar Blondahl	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
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
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47

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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