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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