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
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Stu Phillips	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Bob King	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
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
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
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
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Angus Walker	Eatin' Outa Your Hand	Bluegrass Special	01:52
Omar Blondahl	When Paddy McGinty Plays the Harp	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Omar Blondahl	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42

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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