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
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Reg Hill	The Kiddy Car Reel	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:22
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Graham Townsend	Ontario Swing	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:38
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Omar Blondahl	Lawrence Whelan Falls in the Brine	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:59
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Reg Hill	Pembroke Centennial Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:36
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:24
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
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	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Reg Hill	Dancing Waters Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:48
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Bob King	Rockin' Alone in an Old Rockin' Chair (Bob Miller)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:10
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Bob King	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Jim Allen	Kitchen Polka	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Bob King	Rescue at Moose River Gold Mine (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:17
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
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
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24

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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