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
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
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	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Omar Blondahl	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
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
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Bob King	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Bob King	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Reg Hill	Dancing Waters Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:48
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Mike Graham	White Birches	Momento of Manitoulin	02:32
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Bob King	I've Been Down That Road Before (Hank Wiliams)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:09
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49

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

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

FEATURED

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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