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Rare Junk is the third studio album from 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.

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

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

• Ralph Barr – electric guitar, clarinet, acoustic guitar
• John McEuen – piano, plectrum banjo, five-string banjar
• Jeff Hanna – washboard, tambourine, drum, guitar, harmonica, electric guitar ...and other rare junk
• Jimmie Fadden – tube, jug, mouth harp, harmonica, washtub bass, drums
• Les Thompson – guitar, mandolin, electric bass, tambourine, plectrum banjo
• Chris Darrow – guitar, mandolin, violin, fiddle, electric bass, string bass

Contributing musicians

• Bernie Leadon – guitar on "Reason to Believe"
• Johnny Sandlin – drums
• Paul Hornsby – piano
• Rodney Dillard – Dobro

• Producer – Dallas Smith

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