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
Bob King	I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:14
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Donn Reynolds	Rovin' Gambler	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:15
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Omar Blondahl	John Hinks	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:36
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Omar Blondahl	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Reg Hill	Uncle John McDermid's Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:06
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Reg Hill	The Kiddy Car Reel	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:22
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Omar Blondahl	Yellow Rose of Texas	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:01

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

FEATURED

Bob King - Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Westmorland Singers - At Home With

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Dougie Trineer - 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring

FEATURED

Angus Walker - Blue Grass Songs

FEATURED

Angus Walker - Bluegrass Special

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