Don't know if this has been posted yet,but it's funny...

[Jamie 3:26]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8117619.stm

[chldfknungrnd764]

I remember the Walkman coming out in my second year of high school, a struggling kid like me couldn't afford one.

It was amazing to hear the smooth sound coming out of the headphone, remember the days of the headphone with one earpiece?

The radio Walkman was made separately from the cassette model in the beginning. I seem to remember the radio model being blue in color and being priced around $80 and the cassette version going for over $100.

The Sony Walkman started it all! It took me a few years to finally afford one, they were much smaller and with different colors.

The stories in the article are funny, thanks for posting this!

[chldfknungrnd764]

I remember my first few Walkmen - I say few, as I must have had at least three or four of them during my adolescence due to death by seaside, breakfast food, motor exhaustion, melting, etc. They were a source of both great joy and incredible frustration, as you either had to deliberately break up any journey to buy batteries, or carry a pack with you, everywhere you went. They also chewed up and spat out tapes, especially mix tapes of great sentimental value with alarming regularity, and as battery juice ran out, the motor would slow, risking stretching the tape to a sound that DJs would love, but that drove everyone else crazy!
Katherine, London

[panklady]

Ahhhh the memories...rocking with my headphones & my outdoor rollerskates...bobbing my head to my 'home jams' courtesy of Power 99 FM!

['Magic' Juan]

Good memories. Loved my Walkman.

[JimmyEllis]

Loved mine too.
I clearly remember being about 8 years old walking around rocking a bright red walkman, singing Sexual Healing at the top of my voice.

[djdub63]

[oldschool4life]

The funny thing is there was better music on cassette than there is on MP3 (pop music)...

[AK]

[E-Phi]

I think the last Walkman I ever bought is stuck in the bottom drawer of my desk at work. Now that I think about it, I believe my portable cd player is in there too.