Food writer and Tom Waits fan Helen Rosner joins Martin and Sam to curate her end-of-life mixtape, as well as interrogate the central message of this tender and minimal love song.
Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Picture in a Frame, Mule Variations, Tom Waits (1999)
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, First Take, Roberta Flack (1969)
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, New Briton Gazette vol. 2, Peggy Seeger/Ewan MacColl (1962)
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