![WIRED on Twitter: "On this day in 1982, the first commercial compact disc player—the Sony CDP-101—was launched in Japan at a list price of 168,000 yen. The worldwide release would come six WIRED on Twitter: "On this day in 1982, the first commercial compact disc player—the Sony CDP-101—was launched in Japan at a list price of 168,000 yen. The worldwide release would come six](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FAnSFKfXMAA3fs6.jpg)
WIRED on Twitter: "On this day in 1982, the first commercial compact disc player—the Sony CDP-101—was launched in Japan at a list price of 168,000 yen. The worldwide release would come six
![40 years ago today since the Compact Disc launched. Here's the first cd player released to market my CDP-101 : r/vintageaudio 40 years ago today since the Compact Disc launched. Here's the first cd player released to market my CDP-101 : r/vintageaudio](https://preview.redd.it/40-years-ago-today-since-the-compact-disc-launched-heres-v0-g533ikkr29r91.jpg?auto=webp&s=e2ddd444683adb99e57d0ee7a4298b4c0709e202)
40 years ago today since the Compact Disc launched. Here's the first cd player released to market my CDP-101 : r/vintageaudio
![Sony CDP-101 , world's first commercially released compact disc player. Sony Music Entertainment October 1, 1982 Stock Photo - Alamy Sony CDP-101 , world's first commercially released compact disc player. Sony Music Entertainment October 1, 1982 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/ERNPH8/sony-cdp-101-worlds-first-commercially-released-compact-disc-player-ERNPH8.jpg)
Sony CDP-101 , world's first commercially released compact disc player. Sony Music Entertainment October 1, 1982 Stock Photo - Alamy
WIRED - Know what this thing is? On this day in 1982, Sony began selling the first commercially-available compact disc player (or CD player): The Sony CDP-101 went on sale in Japan
![File:Lettore CD Sony CDP-101 - Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci.jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:Lettore CD Sony CDP-101 - Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci.jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Lettore_CD_Sony_CDP-101_-_Museo_della_Scienza_e_della_Tecnologia_Leonardo_da_Vinci.jpg/1280px-Lettore_CD_Sony_CDP-101_-_Museo_della_Scienza_e_della_Tecnologia_Leonardo_da_Vinci.jpg)