Rare Junk

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Rare Junk
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1968
Genre Country, country rock, folk rock, bluegrass
Label Liberty
Producer Dallas Smith
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band chronology
Ricochet
(1967)
Rare Junk
(1968)
Alive
(1969)
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Rare Junk is the third studio album by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, released in 1968. [2] In an attempt to update their sound the band included electric instrumentation on the record, but it still was a commercial failure.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Mournin' Blues" (Tony Sbarbaro) – 3:24
  2. "Collegiana" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 2:38
  3. "Willie the Weeper" (Grant Rymal, Walter Melrose, Marty Bloom) – 2:26
  4. "Cornbread and 'Lasses (Sassafrass Tea)" (Lloyd "Lonzo" George, Rollin "Oscar" Sullivan) – 2:31
  5. "These Days" (Jackson Browne) – 3:13
  6. "Sadie Green The Vamp of New Orleans" (Gilbert Wells, Johnny Dunn) – 2:25
  7. "Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jibe" (Dick McDonough) – 2:37
  8. "End Of Your Line" (Chris Farrel) – 2:22
  9. "Reason to Believe" (Tim Hardin) – 2:54
  10. "Hesitation Blues (Oh! Baby Must I Hesitate?)" (Billy Smythe, Scott Middleton, Art Gillham) – 3:26
  11. "A Number and a Name" (Steve Gillette, Tom Campbell) – 3:20

Personnel

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Contributing musicians
Production

References

All information is from the album liner notes, unless otherwise noted. [3] [4]

  1. Bruce Eder. "Allmusic review". AllMusic . Retrieved January 5, 2011.
  2. "KRLA The Beat" (PDF). Americanradiohistory.com. May 4, 1968. p. 11. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  3. "Rare Junk", The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Liberty LST-7540 (1968) LP
  4. "Alive/Rare Junk", The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, BGO Records BGOCD245 (1994) CD