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	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Bob King	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Jim Allen	Sunset Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:10
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Omar Blondahl	When Paddy McGinty Plays the Harp	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Joe Kozak	Border Baby	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:24
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Bob King	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Donn Reynolds	Rovin' Gambler	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:15
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Graham Townsend	Saskatchewan Jig	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:49
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Omar Blondahl	Yellow Rose of Texas	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:01

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

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

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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