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
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Bob King	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Omar Blondahl	Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:25
Graham Townsend	Ontario Swing	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:38
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Bob King	On the Banks of the Old Ponchartrain	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:38
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Leonard Meehan	The Song of the Anchor Watch, Brave Captain William Jackman	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:55
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
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
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Graham Townsend	Saskatchewan Jig	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:49
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
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	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
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
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02

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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