I remember a Craig tape recorder, mono, built in mic, it was probably early 70's, played with it as a kid. Held it up to the radio, so you could record our favorite songs an AT40.
The first "live show" I recorded was some bar band with a stereo boom box in the early 80's.
On our honeymoon in 1986 I had that boom box, and we were staying at an uncle's camp on the lake in Maine (think "Golden Pond" movie). I recorded the loons on the pond one night, and played it back the next night. They came racing over, and were furious, thinking my recording was another pair of loons on their pond.