Hello and welcome to the new, greatly improved, Sting and Snow web-site.

This is the first edition of a regular, monthly, News-Letter that will tell you all that there is to be told about what to expect this month from our company. It is also intended to bring you news of any nature that pertains to our activities i.e. the Record Label's as well as the recording artists. As well as this News-Letter, the web-Site will be regularly up-dated, so it's probably a good idea to "Book-Mark" this site and visit regularly!

THIS MONTH'S NEW MUSIC:
During February we will be releasing seven pieces of music.

three of these will be re-releases of "Out-Of-Print" vinyl that is being specially re-pressed to meet demand. The titles are: "Trust Me" with Thorsten Geppert, "Bubble and Squeak" a called hoedown with Paul Bristow and "I See The Moon" with Robert Björk, together with "People Like Me" and "Blanket On The Ground" both featuring Paul Bristow. These titles have been requested by a large number of callers and will be available in vinyl as well as in MP3 file format.

The other two releases are the MP3 files of "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" with Stefan Sidholm and a double instrumental hoedown/patter "Rag-Tag / Bobtail". These two tunes have previously only been available in vinyl but we now have the MP3 licences.

All of our new music, in both vinyl or MP3 format can be purchased on-line from our Exclusive Master Stocking Distributor Hanhurst's Tape and Record Service at www.Dosado.com/Sir.htm. We are pleased to be able to offer audio samples of 100% of our back catalogue, through this same site.

FUTURE RELEASES: (Full details on the Future Releases link)
Last November Sting and Snow records visited Nashville and recorded fourteen new singing calls as well as seven new hoedown/patter releases. These, together with other previously recorded tunes, will be released over the next eighteen months; to guarantee that you receive your copy as soon as it becomes available check out our Standing Order Offer. We also took the opportunity to visit United Record Pressings and meet the staff who work so hard making the vinyl discs that we use. During the visit we received a "conducted tour" of the premises viewing each stage of vinyl production; we actually saw copies of SIR 324 "Here Comes The Night" being pressed!

RECENT RELEASES:
Our January releases SIR 332 "I'm Checkin' Out" and SNW 505 "Party On! / Cracker Barrel" have received good reviews and initial signs are that they will be top sellers. Check out all of our releases on the New Releases link. To buy all of our music and to hear the older tunes try the Buy The Music and Listen To The Music links.

FESTIVAL UP-DATES: (For full details of all events see the Festivals link)
Friday 20th and Saturday 21st February 2004 are the dates for the Sting Festival in Sweden, which will take place in the Stockholm area and will feature Dancing from "Basic" (Mainstream 50) to A2. Most of the Sting staff callers will be present. For full details see the Festivals link.

From Friday 4th to Sunday 6th June 2004 courtesy of The Hayling Mudlarks S.D.C. you can dance at Sting U.K. in Hayling Island in the Southern part of Great Britain to the calling of the three U.K. members of the Sting recording staff.

In 2005 Sting Records will be hosted by the Pader Jumpers in Paderborn, Germany who are organising a special Sting Festival to take place from Friday 7th to Sunday 9th October 2005. For accommodation details and to register - visit the Pader Jumpers web-site.

OTHER NEWS:
If you have ideas for new tunes that could or should be recorded, Contact Us - we would love to hear from you

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