Back on thread, even referring to the OP after all this time: need to correct my post of 14 years ago! That first LP I bought was "Alex Campbell Sings Folk" , not Alex Campbell Live, which is the title of another album - although at least some tracks were obviously recorded at live gigs; yellow cover. I have more recently seen the same album as a CD, tho' can't now find an online source of it: but you can buy the tracks as downloads on iTunes (some customers have said they get 2 "Gresford Disaster" tracks and no "Bonnie Ship the Diamond".
Looked on YouTube but no actual video footage: numerous audio tracks however.
As for the "never heard of Alex Campbell" - the OP doesn't say what age the singer in Whistle binkies was: even in 2001, Alex had been gone for some years and none of us knows everything about everyone in folk! Incidentally, Whistlebinkies now tends to host rock and indie bands, singer-songwriters, reggae, "cover bands" and very few folk gigs!