. ▁The ▁success ▁of ▁the ▁single ▁in ▁both ▁its ▁ 7 " ▁and ▁ 1 2 " ▁versions ▁led ▁E MI ▁to ▁offer ▁the ▁band ▁a ▁ 1 ▁million ▁DE M ▁advance , ▁should ▁they ▁break ▁their ▁contract ▁with ▁Tel dec . ▁ ▁Rec ording ▁& ▁release ▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁success ▁of ▁their ▁debut ▁album , ▁La ▁Düsseldorf ▁decided ▁to ▁disp ense ▁with ▁producer ▁Con ny ▁Pl ank ▁and ▁buy ▁their ▁own ▁studio ▁in ▁Düsseldorf . ▁V iva ▁evol ved ▁over ▁several ▁years ▁in ▁the ▁studio , ▁the ▁band ▁now ▁having ▁un rest rict ed ▁studio ▁access . ▁The ▁album ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8 , ▁and ▁was ▁followed ▁the ▁next ▁year ▁by ▁the ▁" R hein ita " ▁single . ▁ ▁Un us ually ▁for ▁a ▁hit ▁record ▁it ▁is ▁instrument al ▁( as ▁was ▁Silver ▁Cloud ) ▁and ▁over ▁seven ▁minutes ▁long ▁in ▁the ▁full ▁ 1 2 " ▁version . ▁Nevertheless ▁it ▁sold ▁well ▁in ▁Germany , ▁some ▁music ▁mag az ines ▁making ▁it ▁" record ▁of ▁the ▁year ". ▁The ▁band ▁were ▁forced ▁to ▁go ▁on ▁tour ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁the ▁single , ▁an ▁enter prise ▁made ▁difficult ▁by ▁the ▁heavily ▁over d ub bed ▁nature ▁of ▁their ▁music , ▁and ▁of ▁" R hein ita " ▁in ▁particular . ▁They ▁played ▁a ▁free ▁concert ▁for ▁television , ▁record ings ▁of ▁which ▁are ▁widely ▁available ▁on ▁the ▁internet , ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁band ▁members ▁m im ed ▁their ▁parts ▁and ▁dan ced ▁enthus iast ically ▁on