Sony released its first Walkman in 1979, with the brand taking off in earnest in the eighties and nineties. While not the first portable audio cassette player to hit the consumer market ...

ioulex In 1979, when Sony introduced the Walkman—a 14-ounce cassette player, blue and silver with ... you were stuck tethered to a home stereo. The Walkman unmoored you. Now you could walk ...

Like the original Sony Walkman (circa 1979) the player's shape was defined by its media. Whereas the first Walkman wrapped itself around a cassette ... music players and stereo headphones.

The tape is recorded in two directions, which doubles its length (two monaural or four stereo ... 1979, Sony introduced the Walkman, a small, lightweight and belt-worn audio cassette player ...