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	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Omar Blondahl	Lawrence Whelan Falls in the Brine	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:59
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Bob King	Memories of You (Souvenir de toi) (Bob King) vocals Marie King	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:30
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Bob King	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Graham Townsend	Saskatchewan Jig	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:49
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Reg Hill	Uncle John McDermid's Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:06
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Bob King	When the Work's All Done This Fall	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:39
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Reg Hill	The Kiddy Car Reel	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:22
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Donn Reynolds	Out of Step	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13

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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