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
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Jim Allen	Sunset Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:10
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Reg Hill	Dancing Waters Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:48
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Omar Blondahl	Yellow Rose of Texas	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:01
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Mike Graham	White Birches	Momento of Manitoulin	02:32
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Bob King	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
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	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04

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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