 Reg Hall defines the booklet of the other compilation in the series, the 'London-Irish' as a distinct ethnic community of settled migrants and their offspring with topping up from a constant trickle of immigrants from Ireland.On this second compilation most of the musicians were raised in Ireland with a few from London, some of whom travelled to Ireland for holidays.Reg Hall has been active in Irish music in London since the 1950s having been invited by Michael Gorman to join his band in 1956.