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Whatever you want 1979

Cover LP Whatever you want Vertigo 6360 175
The original album was released in Germany on the LP and on the cassette format (Cat.No.:7138 113)
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Release: 22.10.1979
Studio: Phonogram Studios, Hilversum, Niederlande
Producert: Pip Williams
Engineer: John Eden
Line-Up: Francis Rossi (lead voc, gui), Alan Lancaster (bass), Rick Parfitt (gui), John Coghlan (drum), Andy Bown (keyb), Bob Young (harp)
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The "Whatever you want"-album was a big success inGermany. It reached the german TP10 and peaked at No.9 with a total of 29 weeks in the charts.
And with the title track the band scored one of their greatest hits.
The first pressings issued an order form for Status Quo tour items because the album release was just a few weeks before the kick-off of the german tour. For collectors: 2 club editions of this album were releaesed with the Cat.No. 27311-0 and Cat.No. 306563 .
german singles : Whatever you want and Living on an island
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A-Side: Whatever you want - german LP-Label
1 Whatever you want (Parfitt/Bown)
2 Shady Lady (Rossi/Young)
3 Who asked you (Lancaster)
4 Your smiling face (Parfitt/Bown)
5 Living on an island (Parfitt/Young)
B-Side:
6 Come rock with me (Rossi/Frost)
7 Rockin on (Rossi/Frost)
8 Runaway (Rossi/Frost)
9 High Flyer (Lancaster/Young)
10 Breaking away (Rossi/Parfitt/Bown)