Abstract: An automatic disc playback system for playing back discs such as compact discs or the like includes a pair of juxtaposed racks each housing a plurality of trays (3) with respective discs (4) placed thereon, a disc playback unit (120, 121) for playing back any one, at a time, of the discs, and a disc feed unit (40) disposed between the racks and movable therealong the racks, for feeding any one, at a time, of the discs from the racks to the disc playback unit. The disc feed unit has a disc drawing mechanism (60) for drawing a tray with a disc placed thereon from the rack, holding the disc, returning the tray into the rack before the disc is fed from the rack to the disc playback unit by the disc feed unit.