VST & COMPANY 4 LP Disco Funk Rare Groove SUNSHINE LP

Sunshine Records, TSP-5299. Cover(in shrink): Excellent, LP: Excellent

VST and Company   is a Filipino pop band famous in the 1970s.
VST & Company was a   group prominent during the late 1970s in the . Considered to be the pioneer and icon of what is known as the , VST & Co. released disco singles such as Swing It, Baby, Magsayawan, Ipagpatawad Mo, Awitin Mo, Isasayaw Ko and Disco Fever. The group rose to fame with other bands that were grouped under the Manila Sound genre, such as ,  and . VST & Co. eventually faded from popularity when , a new musical genre, emerged and rose to prominence in the late 1970s.
VST & Company was composed of  (vocals, producer), Spanky Rigor (bass, vocals, producer), Val Sotto (vocals), Celso Llarina (rhythm guitar, producer), Monet Gaskell (vocals), Male Rigor (vocals), Roger Rigor (vocals), the late Jun Medina (vocals),  (composer, lyricist), Homer Flores (musical arranger, keyboards), Chito Ilagan (bass), Ben Escasa (percussion), Fred Concepcion (trumpet), Boy Alcaide (drums) and Clod Baria (trombone).
The all-male group's name, "V.S.T", was said to represent the names of three lead vocalists, "Val, Spanky and Tito." Other speculations were that the acronym stood for "Very Special Talaga", or "Vicor Super Team" — implying supremacy in the roster of . VST is also being used by , which means "Vicente Sotto the Third" and by Vic Sotto, "Vic Sot To."
Among the group's singles catalog are disco hits such as Rock Baby, Rock, Awitin Mo, Isasayaw Ko and Magsayawan. VST & Company used a mix of Filipino and English lyrics in some songs (e.g. Etcetera). The group also released love songs that can be liked to contemporary  , albeit with a twist of disco, and which became widely accepted by listeners. Prominent among these love songs are Ikaw Lang Ang Aking Mahal (You Are my Only Love), Kiss...Kiss, Ipagpatawad Mo (Forgive Me), Etcetera, I-Swing Mo Ako (Swing Me), Awitin Mo, Isasayaw Ko (Sing it, I'll dance it) and Mabuti Pa Nung Bata (Better When We Were Young).
The band has left a lasting legacy as their disco songs are still being played in rotation, whether by radio or television, and from what is now called Philippine disco classics.
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