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
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Graham Townsend	Ontario Swing	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:38
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Reg Hill	The Kiddy Car Reel	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:22
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Omar Blondahl	John Hinks	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:36
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Bob King	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Omar Blondahl	That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:18
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Jim Allen	Kitchen Polka	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
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	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Joe Kozak	Border Baby	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:24
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Bob King	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35

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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