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	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
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	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
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
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
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
Omar Blondahl	Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:25
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Jim Allen	Sunset Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:10
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27

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

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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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