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The available recordings shed instructive light on the demography of the list. For instance, one recurring feature was the ability of bands who had made only a few recordings to be more likely to be higher placed than artists with a wealth of back catalogue. John remarks that votes for the Who were spread over a wide number of tracks. Consequently, their highest placing was at number 29. A similar fate befell Bob Dylan: Peel noted that some fifty of his songs were voted for, but only four made the cut (although two of those were in the top 10). Conversely, the only track by the Legendary Stardust Cowboy that has ever achieved any celebrity, 'Paralyzed', is in the top 20 (and in the early life of the chart was actually at number 1).

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rdfs:comment	The available recordings shed instructive light on the demography of the list. For instance, one recurring feature was the ability of bands who had made only a few recordings to be more likely to be higher placed than artists with a wealth of back catalogue. John remarks that votes for the Who were spread over a wide number of tracks. Consequently, their highest placing was at number 29. A similar fate befell Bob Dylan: Peel noted that some fifty of his songs were voted for, but only four made the cut (although two of those were in the top 10). Conversely, the only track by the Legendary Stardust Cowboy that has ever achieved any celebrity, 'Paralyzed', is in the top 20 (and in the early life of the chart was actually at number 1).
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abstract	The available recordings shed instructive light on the demography of the list. For instance, one recurring feature was the ability of bands who had made only a few recordings to be more likely to be higher placed than artists with a wealth of back catalogue. John remarks that votes for the Who were spread over a wide number of tracks. Consequently, their highest placing was at number 29. A similar fate befell Bob Dylan: Peel noted that some fifty of his songs were voted for, but only four made the cut (although two of those were in the top 10). Conversely, the only track by the Legendary Stardust Cowboy that has ever achieved any celebrity, 'Paralyzed', is in the top 20 (and in the early life of the chart was actually at number 1). A unique feature here is the length of the tracks, with many clocking in at longer than ten minutes (any compilation album of all the songs would require five CDs). This reflects a sensibility that punk was shortly to change. However, no new wave tracks appear, largely because this musical form championed by Peel had little pedigree and its hitherto most well-known product, 'Anarchy In The U.K.', had appeared late in the year (another feature that John would note in coming years was that tracks released in November or December had little or no chance of charting). It may well be this that prompted the punk special of 10 December 1976, as it would have been by then apparent that none of the new breed would be featured in the Festive Fifty. Until 2011, no copy of any part of the shows had come to light. Ken Garner, author of The Peel Sessions, remembers voting in it (even though none of his choices were represented). He also supplied the track listing information reproduced below, for which many thanks. At the start of the first show of 1978's rundown, Peel describes 78's chart as 'computed from your votes' and then goes on to say 'about 4 or 5 times as many voted this year as did 2 years ago'.

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