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
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Graham Townsend	Saskatchewan Jig	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:49
Angus Walker	Eatin' Outa Your Hand	Bluegrass Special	01:52
Omar Blondahl	That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:18
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Reg Hill	The Kiddy Car Reel	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:22
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
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
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Bob King	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Omar Blondahl	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Graham Townsend	Ontario Swing	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:38
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
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
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Bob King	I've Been Down That Road Before (Hank Wiliams)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:09
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
Bob King	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	01:44
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Jessie's Tragedy	Spin it Country	03:35
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11

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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