User blog comment:Johnpeel3904/Festive Fifty 1997/@comment-374778-20130502232209

Sorry, I forgot about Mark's comment. It presupposes that John and Alison actually created a chart of fifty songs in the first place, and since it is clear that the votes came in fewer than usual, we probably had a situation where if a song got a vote then it got a placing automatically, which is one of the reasons why JP claimed he had cancelled the 1991 FF. With the benefit of hindsight, my take on the situation is that John had had a traumatic year, was given an odd timeslot in which to do his chart, and thought it would be better to entrust what would have been the last 19 placings to individuals. Rocklist (and many others) have since listed these songs and assumed they are a kind of hidden chart, not a view I subscribe to. Thanks for bringing this to my notice: I think maybe the page needs a little expansion to cover it!