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	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	03:28
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Jessie's Tragedy	Spin it Country	03:35
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:18
Joe Kozak	Border Baby	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:24
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55
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
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Omar Blondahl	That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:18
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
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
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
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Omar Blondahl	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:39
Bob King	Memories of You (Souvenir de toi) (Bob King) vocals Marie King	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:30
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:20
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Omar Blondahl	John Hinks	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:36
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01

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Omar Blondahl - 16 Songs of Newfoundland

Wynyard, Saskatchewan - St. John's, Newfoundland

Bob King - 10th Anniversary

Joyceville, Ontario - Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Shirley Field - Two Sides of

Banff Rodeo Records

Tracks

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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Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt) - Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers

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Wendell Sharpe - The Brightest One in Town

Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers - ST

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Omar Blondahl - The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland

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