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
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Omar Blondahl	Lawrence Whelan Falls in the Brine	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:59
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Omar Blondahl	Yellow Rose of Texas	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:01
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Bob King	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Omar Blondahl	Ballad of the Frank Slide	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:16
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Graham Townsend	Ontario Swing	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:38
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52

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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