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	Rescue at Moose River Gold Mine (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:17
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Reg Hill	Uncle John McDermid's Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:06
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Bob King	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Donn Reynolds	Rovin' Gambler	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:15
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:02
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Omar Blondahl	That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:18
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30

Banff Rodeo Records

Tracks

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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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