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Rockin' all over the world 1977

Cover LP Rockin' all over the world 1977 Vertigo 6360 156 (Stereo)
The original album was relased in Germany as LP and as cassette (Cat.No. 7138 095) .
In 1980 it was released in East Germany (AMIGA 855 725). It was released as Club-Edition in Austria (Vertigo 34 015). See cover below.
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Release: 24.11.1977
Studio: Studio Bohus, Sweden
Producer : Pip Williams
Engineer: John Eden
Line-Up: Francis Rossi (lead voc, gui), Alan Lancaster (bass), Rick Parfitt (gui), John Coghlan (drum)
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It was the most successful Status Quo studio album in Germany. More than 500,000 sold records meant a gold award. And this album signified the band on top of their career alongside with the biggest tour ever.
Charts: the album entered the german LP-charts on 1.12.1977 and it reached No.7. The album spent a total of 26 weeks in the charts with 8 weeks TOP10.
german single releases: Rockin all over the world and Rockers Rollin
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A-Side:Rockin' all over the world 1977 - west german LP-Label
1 Hard Time (Rossi/Parfitt)
2 Can't give you more (Rossi/Young)
3 Let's ride (Lancaster)
4 Baby Boy (Rossi/Young)Rockin' all over the world 1980 - east german LP-Label
5 You don't own me (Lancaster/Green)
6 Rockers Rollin (Parfitt/Lynton)
B-Sidte:
7 Rockin all over the world (J.Fogerty)Rockin' all over the world 1977 - austrian LP-Label
8 Who am I? (P.Williams)
9 Too far gone (Lancaster)
10 For you (Parfitt)
11 Dirty Water (Rossi/Young)
12 Hold you back (Rossi/Young/Parfitt)

The label of the austrian LP ist different to the west-german label - you can't see it here but its stated "Made in Austria - Austro Mechana".
The back of the austrian cover is in white with black writing of the tracklisting etc. The front cover of all 3 LP's are identical.