Discman

Lou, 44, explains: "Dad was in hospital, weak from cancer, but I took a Discman in to play him a CD of it.

Shot through the dust-flecked sunlight pouring from the crack in her bedroom curtains, she looks like she's been trapped in amber, sitting with her faded Jamie Oliver posters, Sony Discman and shoebox of long-expired Tamagotchis.

New smashes like Neon Blue and the epic Scared of the Dark sat perfectly alongside classic cuts from Claire, H, Faye, Lee and Lisa's back catalogue with the likes of Deeper Shade of Blue, Stomp and One for Sorrow going down a storm with a tent full of punters more than willing to turn the clock back to a time when Steps' albums occupied many a Discman across the land.

The 1980s or 1990s Sony Walkman is a collector's item too, selling for up to [pounds sterling]350 while the Sony DiscMan version, for CDs, can go for [pounds sterling]130.

The headphone evolution could not have happened without the mobile revolution-from the CDs and discman, to digital music and portable MP3 players, the iPod, and now the ballooning smartphone market.

But every Friday and Saturday, I would reward myself by bringing my Discman (an early music player, in case you didn't know, where you inserted an actual CD of your favorite artist) to work.

I can almost feel that felt-board Noah's Ark now as DC Talk's "What if I Stumble" plays on my Discman.

Sansui audio / video products consist of home theater systems, AV receivers, component systems, DVD players, mini and micro systems, portables, Discman, portable MP3 players, 5.1 speaker systems, and a range of television products that also include LCD/plasma and rear projection televisions.

Lawyers for the government had said he also received newspapers, magazines, books, jigsaw puzzles, watched DVDs and listened to music on a Discman.