In Spite of Harry's Toenail is the debut studio album of the British progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 band, Gnidrolog

Gnidrolog

Gnidrolog was a British progressive rock band, with a sound that was compared to better known bands such as Van der Graaf Generator, Jethro Tull and Gentle Giant.-History:...

. The album was recorded in the London De Lane Lea Studios in 1972 and released that same year. A re-issue was released in 1999, including previously unreleased material, recorded by the band in 1969. The band, while resembling other progressive bands of the time, such The Van der Graaf Generator

Van der Graaf Generator

Van der Graaf Generator are an English progressive rock band, formed in 1967 in Manchester. They were the first act signed to Charisma Records. The band achieved considerable success in Italy during the 1970s...

, have also created their unique sound in this album, primarily due to the absence of a keyboard.

Original 1972 release

1. "Long Live Man Dead" - 9:43

   Including "Long Live Man Dead" and "Skull"

2. "Peter" - 3:26
3. "Snails" - 7:14
4. "Time And Space" - 7:30
5. "Who Spoke" - 2:22
6. "In Spite Of Harry's Toenail" - 9:23

   Including "Goodbye - Farewell - Adieu" and "Harry's Toenail"

Bonus tracks on 1999 re-issue

1. "Smokescreen" - 6:34
2. "Saga Of Smith And Smythe" - 8:29
3. "My Room" - 6:32
4. "Saga Of Smith And Smythe" - 7:20

Personnel

• Colin Goldring - lead vocals, guitars, recorder, tenor sax, horn, harmonica
• Stewart Goldring - lead guitar, vocals
• Peter "Mars" Cowling - bass guitar, cello
• Nigel Pegrum
  Nigel Pegrum
  Nigel Pegrum was a drummer with The Small Faces and Steeleye Span before becoming a producer.- Biography :Nigel Pegrum played drums with an early line-up of The Small Faces, then played drums with Lee Grant And The Capitols before joining Spice, who subsequently changed their name to Uriah Heep...
  
  - percussion, flute, oboe, piano