On July 1, 1979, Sony introduced the Walkman. $99.95

[IcyPeas]

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1. Walkman & school bus trips. Before Walkman, bus trips were always accompanied by choruses of

"99 Bottles of Beer On The Wall."

Two years after Walkman, bus rides -- the only sound you would hear, was the clicking of cassette tapes being switched.

Thank you, Jesus.

[IcyPeas]

6. Oh yes. Made the 60 minute commute to and from work more than bearable. 🎧

[Auggie]

2. I still have one, tucked away in a memory box

The sound quality was amazingly good.

[Deuxcents]

4. I still have mine,too.

I showed my grandson and he laughed!

[IcyPeas]

8. Me too. It's an Aiwa brand. Cassette and radio. Good in blackouts or other emergencies.

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3. They were very expensive at $99.95, that would be $445 today. I paid $999.99

for my first VCR, that would be around $4500 today.

[IcyPeas]

7. Right? It makes smartphones seem like a very reasonable price.

[PJMcK]

5. I was gifted one of those

Curiously, it was called The Soundabout. Made by Sony, it had a blue metallic finish and a blue leather case. The volume controls were a pair of stereo faders and it had an orange button that, when pressed, would lower the volume to half and activate a built-in microphone so you could hear someone talking to you.

They weren’t ubiquitous yet and people would stare at me wondering what the thing was. It lasted more than ten years! I loved it.

[Mr.Bill]

9. Like a lot of electronics,

the knock-offs came soon and they were way cheaper. I had one around '81-'82 and I think I paid 19.95 for it. It also had an AM/FM radio in it. I really used it a lot. I had a good cassette recorder as part of my home stereo and made my own mix tapes.