![Sony CDP-101 , world's first commercially released compact disc player. Billy Joel's 52nd Street. both released Oct 1982 Stock Photo - Alamy Sony CDP-101 , world's first commercially released compact disc player. Billy Joel's 52nd Street. both released Oct 1982 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/ERNPK3/sony-cdp-101-worlds-first-commercially-released-compact-disc-player-ERNPK3.jpg)
Sony CDP-101 , world's first commercially released compact disc player. Billy Joel's 52nd Street. both released Oct 1982 Stock Photo - Alamy
![Obsolete Sony on X: "In 1982, Sony released the first commercially available CD player, the Sony CDP-101, in Japan. It reached the United States in 1983, approximately six months after its Japanese Obsolete Sony on X: "In 1982, Sony released the first commercially available CD player, the Sony CDP-101, in Japan. It reached the United States in 1983, approximately six months after its Japanese](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F4OpMCPW4AAlCAR.jpg:large)
Obsolete Sony on X: "In 1982, Sony released the first commercially available CD player, the Sony CDP-101, in Japan. It reached the United States in 1983, approximately six months after its Japanese
![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://i.redd.it/g533ikkr29r91.jpg)
40 years ago today since the Compact Disc launched. Here's the first cd player released to market my CDP-101 : r/vintageaudio
![Thought I'd give my old 1983 Sony CDP-101 a bit of an internal clean and dust. Surprisingly it remarkably clean inside anyway : r/audiophile Thought I'd give my old 1983 Sony CDP-101 a bit of an internal clean and dust. Surprisingly it remarkably clean inside anyway : r/audiophile](https://i.redd.it/azmltmmowjd61.jpg)