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	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Bob King	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Reg Hill	Uncle John McDermid's Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:06
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
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
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Omar Blondahl	John Hinks	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:36
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
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	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14

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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