...In Spite of Harry's Toenail

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...In Spite of Harry's Toenail
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1972
StudioDe Lane Lea Studios, London
GenreProgressive rock
Length39:38
LabelRCA, Audio Archives, Esoteric Recordings
ProducerJohn Schroeder
Gnidrolog chronology
...In Spite of Harry's Toenail
(1972)
Lady Lake
(1972)
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...In Spite of Harry's Toenail is the debut studio album by British progressive rock band, Gnidrolog. The album was recorded in the London De Lane Lea Studios and released in 1972. A re-issue was released in 1999 and 2012, including previously unreleased material, recorded by the band in 1969 and 1971.

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Gnidrolog

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Long Live Man Dead"
a. "Long Live Man Dead" (3:58)
b. "Skull" (5:45)
9:43
2."Peter"3:26
3."Snails"7:14
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Time and Space"7:30
2."Who Spoke"2:22
3."In Spite of Harry's Toenail"
a. "Goodbye - Farewell - Adieu" (3:40)
b. "Harry's Toenail" (5:43)
9:23
Total length:39:38
Bonus tracks on 1999 Audio Archives reissue
No.TitleNotesLength
9."Smokescreen"recorded at IBC Studios, London, 19696:34
10."Saga of Smith and Smythe"recorded at IBC Studios, London, 19698:29
11."My Room"recorded at Maida Vale Studios, London, 19716:32
12."Saga of Smith and Smythe"recorded at Maida Vale Studios, London, 19717:20
Total length:68:43
Bonus track on 2012 Esoteric Recordings reissue
No.TitleNotesLength
7."Snails" (instrumental first version, previously unreleased)recorded 29 November 1971 at De Lane Lea Studios, London6:41
Total length:46:19

Personnel[edit]

  • Colin Goldring - lead vocals, guitars, recorder, tenor sax, horn, harmonica
  • Stewart Goldring - lead guitar, vocals
  • Peter "Mars" Cowling - bass guitar, cello
  • Nigel Pegrum - percussion, flute, oboe, piano

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