Well, greg, Seth is on the compilation, along with all the other nominees, but with The Colliers, not White Hare. So obviously he will get the benefits you describe from being on the compilation.

It's just the choice of track that's been questioned. Seth was also nominated for "Folk Singer Of The Year", so the track could be anything by him (if he had only been nominated for the Best Trad Track, White Hare would have to be chosen, I assume).

Many people who buy compilation pop CDs don't bother to buy the singles. Maybe the same logic is applied by record companies to folk compilations, so they wouldn't want to jeopardise sales of the White Hare single by including it on the Folk Awards album.