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
Jim Allen	Kitchen Polka	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Stu Phillips	When the Ice Worms Nest Again	A Visit to British Columbia	02:34
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
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Omar Blondahl	Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:25
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:02
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Donn Reynolds	Rovin' Gambler	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:15
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
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
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Bob King	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Reg Hill	The Kiddy Car Reel	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:22
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Omar Blondahl	Lawrence Whelan Falls in the Brine	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:59
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Omar Blondahl	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15

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

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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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