Scorpions "Wind of Change"

Hey Folks:

There was a CD promo single we aired at the station I was at in 1991. It removed all instances of the whistling, and faded quickly into the music five seconds to the post/vocal.

Has that version ever appeared anywhere else?

Cheers,
Jody Thornton

Jody & Aaron, here are the details from the promo CD single we received in for the song back in 1991:

Scorpions-"Wind Of Change" (CDP 447)
1-(non-described, listed & actual 3:42 version)
2-(non-described, listed (5:10), actual (5:11) version)

Both of these tracks include all 3 of the most prominent "whistle solo" sequences (the first :20 seconds, around 1:00 in, and at the end). Jody, I believe your memory, and there certainly may have been a second promo CD single issued for it in 1991 that we did not receive, but I have personally never heard/heard of a "no-whistle-intro" version for it. Perhaps you were working at a radio station in Canada that received a different, Canadian promo CD single from the one that I own.

Edited by jimct

I'm sending it to you Aaron...lol! Yes, and it fades on a repeat of the chorus (three times). This was from a cassette dub of the CD single.

Thanks for sending that, Jody! That IS a strange edit! To my ears, the only unique audio is at the very beginning, where the whistling was removed from the mix. The remainder of the song is just edited to remove the whistling. I'd be curious to know the details of that promo CD.

In your experience, did Canadian stations tend to receive promo CDs that were pressed in Canada, or were they mostly US promos?

jimct wrote: Jody & Aaron, here are the details from the promo CD single we received in for the song back in 1991: Scorpions-"Wind Of Change" (CDP 447) 1-(non-described, listed & actual 3:42 version) 2-(non-described, listed (5:10), actual (5:11) version) Both of these tracks include all 3 of the most prominent "whistle solo" sequences (the first :20 seconds, around 1:00 in, and at the end)...there certainly may have been a second promo CD single issued for it in 1991 that we did not receive...

Hmmm, Gregory Cooper's 1998 book, "Collectible Compact Disc Price Guide 2" shows a U.S. promo CD single for "Wind of Change" on Mercury CDP 423 (And BTW, CDP 447 is NOT listed, so this book is definitely not complete!) Again, no versions or timings listed - but assuming the "423" no. is not in error, I can only assume that must be the promo w/ the "non-whistling" version(s). You may begin your on-line searching for this rarity now... :-)