VST (album) explained

VST
Type:	studio
Artist:	VST & Co.
Cover:	Vstandcompanyalbum.jpg
Released:	October 22, 1978
Recorded:	1978
Studio:	Cinema Audio
Genre:	Manila sound
Label:	Sunshine
Producer:	Edward "Spanky" Rigor
Next Title:	VST 2
Next Year:	1978

VST is the debut studio album by the Manila sound group VST & Company, released on October 22, 1978. The lead vocalist, Vic Sotto, was not credited and does not even appear in the group's picture at the back of the album, but was thanked in the album credits along with Tito Sotto and Joey de Leon.^[1]

Songs

The album contained five of their biggest hits including the ballads "Ikaw ang Aking Mahal" ("You Are My Love") and "Ipagpatawad" ("Please Forgive") as well as the disco numbers "Awitin Mo at Isasayaw Ko" ("You Sing, I'll Dance"), "Disco Fever" and "Magsayawan" ("Let's Dance").

Personnel

According to the album's credits.^[1]

• Jun Medina - drums, vocals
• Spanky Rigor - bass guitar, vocals, executive producer
• Male Rigor - keyboards
• Celso Llarina - lead vocals
• Val Sotto, rhythm guitar, vocals
• Roger Rigor - vocals
• Mon Gaskell - keyboards, guitar, vocals
• Armando Trivino - arranger on "Disco Fever", "Ayos Ba?" and "Habang Buhay Kitang Mamahalin"
• Lorrie Illustre - arranger on "Awitin Mo at Isasayaw Ko", "Ipagpatawad", "Magsayawan", "Sayang Lang..." and "Ikaw ang Aking Mahal"

Not credited

• Vic Sotto - lead vocals

Notes and References

1. Web site: VST And Company – VST And Company (1978, Vinyl). Discogs. 22 October 1978. 30 May 2024.