![Sony CDP-101 , world's first commercially released compact disc player. Billy Joel's 52nd Street. first CD released 1982 Stock Photo - Alamy Sony CDP-101 , world's first commercially released compact disc player. Billy Joel's 52nd Street. first CD released 1982 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/ERNPK5/sony-cdp-101-worlds-first-commercially-released-compact-disc-player-ERNPK5.jpg)
Sony CDP-101 , world's first commercially released compact disc player. Billy Joel's 52nd Street. first CD released 1982 Stock Photo - Alamy
Pioneer Audiovisual - Our first CD player was the P-D1. With its sleek, black finish, the 1982 device is a dead ringer for Darth Vader. And even today, it's got Star Wars
![WIRED on X: "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 X: "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 X: "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
![VINTAGE SONY CDP-101 CD Compact Disc Player - World's First CD Player (Working) EUR 161,64 - PicClick FR VINTAGE SONY CDP-101 CD Compact Disc Player - World's First CD Player (Working) EUR 161,64 - PicClick FR](https://www.picclickimg.com/3-gAAOSwwlVgN0n2/Vintage-SONY-CDP-101-CD-Compact-Disc-Player.webp)
VINTAGE SONY CDP-101 CD Compact Disc Player - World's First CD Player (Working) EUR 161,64 - PicClick FR
![Nostalgia Nerd on X: "Sony's first prototype CD player... The "Goronta" https://t.co/KGShMr4qvd" / X Nostalgia Nerd on X: "Sony's first prototype CD player... The "Goronta" https://t.co/KGShMr4qvd" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DZrYwd3WAAEI1gE.jpg)