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
Omar Blondahl	John Hinks	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:36
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
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
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Reg Hill	Dancing Waters Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:48
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Reg Hill	Puffin' On The Ole Cigar	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:54
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
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:02
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Donn Reynolds	Rovin' Gambler	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:15
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
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
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Mike Graham	White Birches	Momento of Manitoulin	02:32
Omar Blondahl	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
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
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08

Banff Rodeo Records

Tracks

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Angus Walker - Blue Grass Songs

FEATURED

Angus Walker - Bluegrass Special

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