BBC 4: Five-Part Series on Tony Schwartz

Inside an anonymous New York Brownstone lies a unique sound archive, the results of one man's obsession with the sounds and stories of his city. Presidents, taxi drivers and newly arrived immigrants from Puerto Rico all jostle for space inside the home of recording legend Tony Schwartz. He reveals his sound treasures to Alan Dein in the first of this new five-part series. Producer Mark Burman

BBC 4: Schwartz's City Sounds (Part 1)

"Moondogs and Banana Boats"
Via mailbox and microphone, Tony Schwartz brought the world's music to his Manhattan home. Alan Dein hears the first appearance of the haunting Moondog, the blind Viking musician of midtown, and discovers how Wimoweh and the Banana Boat Songwere brought to a new audience.
Producer Mark Burman

BBC 4: Schwartz's City Sounds (Part 2)

"Daisy, Daisy"
Already a New York sound legend, Tony Schwartz entered the national arena of politics with his ad forthe LBJ campaign in 1964. Alan Dein looks at how from then on presidents, senators and the suits of Madison Avenue would beat a path to his home in Manhattan. producer Mark Burman

BBC 4: Schwartz's City Sounds (Part 3)

"Nueva York"
After 1945 thousands of Pueto Ricans made New York their home and Tony Schwartz was on hand to capture their arrival. Half a century later, Alan Dein asks today's Puerto Ricans what memories Schwartz's recordings evoke. Producer Mark Burman

BBC 4: Schwartz's City Sounds (Part 4)

"Around New York."
Radio has always been Tony Schwartz 's first love. As Alan Dein discovers, he has filled the airwaves with the prophecies of Marshall McLuhan , opened the ears of New Yorkers to the sounds and soul of their city and stopped politicians in their tracks. But what will his sound legacy be?
Producer Mark Burman