Toby's Timeline By Alcoholica Jul 6, 1895 The first commercial disk Jul 6, 1935 First commercial release of the reel to rell tape recorder Jul 6, 1948 33 1/3 rpm LP record introduced Jul 6, 1949 RCA Victor introduce the 45rpm record Jul 6, 1954 Transistor radios were introduced Jul 6, 1962 Philips introduce the compact cassette Jul 6, 1979 Sony introduce the Walkman Jul 6, 1982 Sony & Philips introduce the CD player Jul 6, 1988 CD sales exceed LP sales Jul 6, 2001 Apple release the iPod Jul 6, 2005 Youtube is created Jul 6, 2006 Spotify is released