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
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	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
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Stu Phillips	When the Ice Worms Nest Again	A Visit to British Columbia	02:34
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Omar Blondahl	Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:25
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Mike Graham	White Birches	Momento of Manitoulin	02:32
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Stu Phillips	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Bob King	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Donn Reynolds	Rovin' Gambler	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:15
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
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	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Jessie's Tragedy	Spin it Country	03:35
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
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
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Omar Blondahl	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Jim Allen	Sunset Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:10
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Bob King	The Ballad of the Chapeau Boys (Bob King and Needham)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:06
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25

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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