Watch this 1983 TV commercial for a craptastic Soviet Walkman knock-off

Socialism!

Seriously though, I think it’s a great idea too. It seems really obvious in retrospect.

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Yeah, but they failed because they would only play official Broadway cast soundtracks. They sold really well in Midtown Manhattan, though!

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We also made mix tapes.

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My friends and I would transfer our albums to long-playing cassettes, mostly. so the vinyl would retain that crisp sound.

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I have several vinyl records that have been played only one or two times because I recorded them to cassette so the cassette could get ruined rather than the vinyl.

Man, CD’s were a godsend.

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And then you rip your CD’s to other CD’s so they don’t get scratched…

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We didn’t worry about it so much in the 90’s. Mid-00’s found me ripping CDs to MP3 on my PC. Funny thing is I still use an iPod because it has a whole lot more storage capacity than my phone. Plus, my youngest car is just about 12 years old, so if I don’t want to drag CDs around, I kinda need it. :woman_shrugging:

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