Phillips, Stu - Visit Old Québec

Tracks

Side 1

		Track Name	Length
	1	The Village Blacksmith	02:01
	2	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	02:42
	3	En Roulant Ma Boule	03:08
	4	Donkey Riding	01:43
	5	Legend Of Perce Rock	02:12
	6	The Horse Trader	01:25

Side 2

		Track Name	Length
	1	Canada I-O	01:49
	2	The Phantom Priest	02:42
	3	Dollard des ormeaux	02:10
	4	Madeleine de vecheres	02:14
	5	The Winter Camp	02:36
	6	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	02:01

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Information/Write-up

Stu Phillips is a serious-minded young Calgary television announcer dedicated to producing in ballad form the stories and legends of the early history of Canada. His new LP, Echoes of the Canadian Foothills, was recently issued on the Rodeo label, with national distribution and growing popularity—especially in Western Canada. Ambitiously, Stu plans to record an album for each of the ten provinces.

Unheralded and almost undiscovered, Phillips is gaining traction thanks to the Canadian fraternity of disc jockeys. He began his radio career in Montreal on CJAD, CFCF, and CKVL. In 1950, he arrived in Edmonton in a Model "A" convertible that expired at the city limits—he pushed it to its resting place in the city dump.

After a stint at the Edmonton Bulletin and a morning DJ post at CFRN, Stu transitioned out of broadcasting when folk music was deemed ill-suited to scheduled news and commercials. He then moved west to CJIB in Vernon, BC, as Supervisor of Production, continuing his folk research. There he wrote “The Bill Miner Train Robbery,” a standout track from his growing repertoire.

Returning to Edmonton in 1953, he joined CHED Radio. The year marked a turning point: he starred in Edmonton Light Opera productions, was voted Edmonton's most popular announcer (1954–1955), and settled into family life with his wife Aldonia and daughter Leagh Anne.

Photographs courtesy of Canadian National Railways
Includes images and captions for:
Château de Ramezay (Montreal)
Chapel of Notre Dame du Cap (Three Rivers)
Madeleine de Verchères Monument (Verchères, QC)
Bic street scene (Gaspé Coast)
Notre Dame Church (Montreal)
Jeanne Mance Monument (Montreal)
Fort St. Jean (St. John’s Gate, Quebec City)
Quebec City waterfront (Lévis Ferry)
Dollard des Ormeaux Monument (Carillon, QC)
Percé Rock (Gaspé)

Distributed in Canada by London Records of Canada Ltd.

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