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
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
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
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Bob King	Rockin' Alone in an Old Rockin' Chair (Bob Miller)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:10
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Omar Blondahl	Ballad of the Frank Slide	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:16
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Bob King	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	01:44
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
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
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Bob King	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Bob King	The Little Shirt My Mother Made for Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:38
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15

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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