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
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
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
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Bob King	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
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
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
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
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Bob King	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Donn Reynolds	Out of Step	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Reg Hill	Pembroke Centennial Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:36
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Bob King	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Reg Hill	The Kiddy Car Reel	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:22
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Jim Allen	Kitchen Polka	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48

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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