![]() ![]() The original iPod, introduced exactly a decade ago, was roughly the size of one of those tapes. While the Sony Walkman slimmed down a great deal after the earliest versions, its size was still constrained by the size of the cassette tapes that it played. When I think back to those days, when I think back even 10 years ago, I realize how far we’ve come since the You would occasionally see people in the streets of Manhattan with headphones on, but it took a few years before it became common. The Walkman wasn’t introduced until June 1980, and even then, it didn’t catch on very quickly. Back then, you didn’t really see people wearing headphones. I would walk through the streets of suburban Queens, New York, the Pressman wedged in the back pocket of my blue jeans-or, in winter, in a coat pocket-with a pair of headphones on my ears. In those days, the bands I listened to were The Cure, Joy Division, Theater of Hate, The Durutti Column, Talking Heads, and other postpunk bands. But I quickly realized, as I carried it to and from my friends’ homes, that I could also listen to music on it. I was initially interested in this device to record music that I played with friends it had a built-in stereo microphone, as it was designed for recording interviews. Before the first Sony Walkman was available for sale in the United States, I had bought a Sony Pressman, a brick-sized and -weight device that could both play and record cassette tapes. Back around 1979, I was an early adopter.
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