Nostalgic photos from the ’80s that prove it was the best decade ever

[post_page_title]The Walkman[/post_page_title]

The beginning of the ’80s welcomed an exciting revolution in music technology, the Sony Walkman. The portable cassette player, equipped with its own set of headphones, became so popular, that by 1983 cassette tapes were outselling vinyl for the first time ever.

The idea that you could walk around, or roller skate, while listening to your favorite tunes privately wherever you went was a huge and new concept back in the day. Here is a picture from one of Walkman’s original ads in 1981.