The female voice belongs to Helen McGurk who, with James Devlin, oruginally recorded the song for "People on the Highway - A Bert Jansch Encomium". The two-cd album is dated 2000, released by Market Square Music Ltd. It contains recordings of twenty-six of Bert's songs and instrumentals, each performed by different artists as a tribute to Bert.

"Is It Real" was released on "Heartbreak" (Logo GOL 1035) in 1982. There are two copies available on Amazon here.