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
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Bob King	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
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
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Omar Blondahl	Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:25
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
Bob King	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Omar Blondahl	That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:18
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
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
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23

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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