Chris Willman Music WriterBox sets from classic rock bands have sometimes come under criticism for excessive trinkets — like the marbles included in some of Pink Floyd’s — but fans may not be so quick to roll away a bonus included in a forthcoming collection from the Scorpions: a piece of the Berlin Wall.The release, which is limited to 2,020 copies, is the rare box set themed around just one song.
It commemorates the metal band’s 1991 ballad “Wind of Change,” which was written by singer Klaus Meine about change in communist countries and was performed by the group at a ceremony celebrating the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall.The piece of the wall included in the set is described as “handcrafted,” which may sound suspicious for a historic.
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