I saw VH in 1978 open for Black Sabbath on their Never Say Die tour; and headlining for VHII the following year or whenever it was. None of us in Connecticut ever heard of VH. Within days of that Sabbath show I went to the local indy record store, they had two copies of VH1, I bought one.
My list:
VH1
VH2
WACF
Fair Warning
1984
never liked Van Hagar other than a few songs;
EVH was always great, but never liked Hagar...still don't. Hagar's a talented guy, just not something I like; same goes for Brian Johnson (AC/DC) - I can only listen to his screeching in small doses; worse than nails on a chalkboard to me.