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
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Graham Townsend	Saskatchewan Jig	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:49
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Bob King	Rescue at Moose River Gold Mine (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:17
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Omar Blondahl	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Bob King	The Ballad of the Chapeau Boys (Bob King and Needham)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:06
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
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
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	01:44
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Stu Phillips	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Graham Townsend	Ontario Swing	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:38
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Jim Allen	Sunset Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:10
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Omar Blondahl	When Paddy McGinty Plays the Harp	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32

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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