In 1979, the "Georg Danzer Tournee 79" included 32 shows, all of which had sold out. A double live album appeared in the following year. More successful albums soon followed ("Traurig aber wahr" 1980, "Ruhe vor dem Sturm" 1981). Even Austrians began to realize that Danzer was more than "Jö schau". The ORF produced a 45-minutes feature, "Danzer Direkt". In 1981, Danzer played 47 concerts solo (Live-Album "Direkt"), followed by an Open-Air-Tournee with Ludwig Hirsch, Konstantin Wecker, Chris de Burgh and Georges Moustaki. in 1982 he published "Die gnädige Frau und das rote Reptil", a book with lyrics and prose. In 1983, Danzer was among the first German-language musicians who created a CD-album "(…und so weiter)".