December is soon upon us and - as I write this month's News-Letter - I am told (by the weatherman) that we should expect "arctic conditions" (does that mean that we shall soon have Polar Bears walking in the streets)?

The good news is that we are close, once again, to the Christmas Holiday and will be thinking of things to buy for those we love.

No doubt most good callers are receiving "gentle" enquiries - from their club leaders - as to the type of thing that would make their Christmas, perfect… Here's a suggestion: how about the club signing up for their caller to receive all the new releases from Sting and Snow over the next 12 months? They can do that from this web-site (just return to the home page and click on the animated advertisement to see the sign-up details and form). Don't forget, if they do sign their club caller up to receive the records (or if any caller decides to treat themself at Christmas) s/he will also receive a "bumper bundle" of older releases - at no additional charge (except for the postage).

…well I am just trying to have the happiest possible Christmas…

With that thought in mind, I would like to extend heartfelt and sincere wishes to all of you for a very merry Christmas and the happiest possible New Year!

On a more "news-worthy" note, I want to let everybody know that I have managed to "return to availability" two of our older patter records (four instrumentals). Up until recently, all of our patter records were still available in vinyl - except for SIR 502 B.J. / Piece of Cake and SNW 501 Snow / Flake; both of these could no longer be re-pressed as the pressing plates had been "junked" by the pressing plant. Re-pressing either of these two records was financially impossible - although there was a very high demand for the music.

So, in an attempt to overcome this problem, these tracks have been re-released as the flip sides of four new records; three of these have recently been released, these were - SIR 522 B.J. (Big John) / L.J. (Little John), SNW 513 Ice / Snow, SNW 514 Flake / Fluke and the fourth record SIR 523 Cup of Tea / Piece of Cake is due for release in June 2009.

If you are looking for these older tracks, or if you come across anybody who has been searching "high and low" to get-a-hold of these old classics, please let them know that they have been (effectively) "re-released". Also, if you are looking for some super new music, with a full Nashville sound, please take the time to listen to the audio samples of the new sides of these releases - you will not be disappointed!

Now for the other news:

BEST SELLER LISTING (positions on the October 2008 listing)
No.2 - Golden Ring - SIR 364
No.3 - Carmelita - SIR 1103

NEW RELEASES (December 2008):
Flake / Fluke - SNW 514 - Double Instrumental Patter
The Candy Man - SIR 906 - Vocal by Neil Whiston

NEW CD RELEASES - also available on MP3 & Vinyl (in most cases) / (December 2008):
You Have The Right To Remain Silent - SNW 302 - Vocal by Søren Lindergaard
Lady Down On Love - SIR 606 - Vocal by Jack Borgström
Kettle-Of-Fish / Bucket-Of-Worms - SIR 518 - Double Instrumental Patter

INDIVIDUAL RECORD HISTORIES including ALL THE ADDITIONAL LYRICS:
To find these, just click on the book symbol next to the title on the Catalogue, Future Releases or Latest Releases pages, this month's record history features our newest singing call release: The Candy Man.

If you want to hear how these top-selling recordings sound, just click on the musical note symbol.

Okay, latest reports are of "blizzards" and "snowdrifts" - but still no sightings of Polar Bears… That's all for now (folks) - "Speak" with you next year!

Go Squareful! - Paul Bristow (Owner and Producer Sting and Snow Records)