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Hello, this is Six Minute English from BBC Learning English.
I'm Neil.
And I'm Georgina.
Hello, Georgina.
How are you today?
Georgina.
Oh, sorry, Neil.
I didn't hear you.
I was listening to music on my headphones.
I see listening to music stored on your mobile phone or iPod when out on the move doesn't seem like a big deal now.
But the concept of personal portable music didn't exist until 1979,
when the Japanese electronics company Sony launched The Walkman.
Years before iPod's and MP3 downloads, the Sony Walkman was the first widely available portable music player.
It revolutionized the way fans listened to their favourite bands.
In this programme, we'll be taking a nostalgic look back at the 1980s and the birth of the Sony Walkman.
And of course, we'll be learning some new vocabulary as well.
Now, it may not seem so revolutionary to young people nowadays,
but back in the late 1970s, portable music players were unheard of.