The recording was produced for Past Times, a gift shop chain, produced by Tim Healey for Beautiful Jo Records in 1996. Performers were Emma Christian, Moira Craig, Michael Henry, Julie Murphy, Peter Acty, Chris Leslie, Ceri Matthews and Jonathan Shorland.
The recording is therefore not 'very very old', nor was it a compilation - the performers were put together for the purpose of producing this album.
There were several other albums produced for Past Times by Beautiful Jo records.