John D. Loudermilk - Language of Love

Title: Language of Love Artist: John D. Loudermilk Release Date: 1962 Re-Released On: 9/26/2000 Label: Collectables Records UPC: 090431629628 Genre: Rock Styles: Traditional Country, Country-Pop, Early Pop/Rock, Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Darling Jane
2. Song of the Lonely Teen
3. Language of Love
4. The Rocks of Reno
5. You Reap Just What You Sow
6. Two Strangers in Love
7. Mr. Jones
8. Jimmie's Song
9. Blue Train (Of the Heartbreak Line)
10. What Would You Take for Me?
11. Mary's No Longer Mine
12. The Great Snowman
13. Thou Shalt Not Steal [*]
14. Callin' Doctor Casey [*]
15. Road Hog [*]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2000 CD Collectables Records 6296

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When Frank Zappa parodies doo wop, or when Lee Hazlewood makes odd amalgams of country and pop, it's funny because there are indications that these guys are aware that they're deconstructing established idioms. Loudermilk is like Zappa and Hazlewood. What to make of a line like "since Dad's been laid off work, Mary's no longer mine," in a song ("Mary's No Longer Mine") bemoaning the narrator's lack of access to his Dad's car to take Mary out, delivered with minimal emotion? Hardly the usual stuff of 1960s country and pop. The high point of the record is "Two Strangers in Love," very much in the style of the Everly Brothers (who covered Loudermilk's "Ebony Eyes" for a hit); one wouldn't be surprised if it turned out it was submitted to the duo for consideration. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Name Credits Bill Porter Engineer Boudleaux Bryant Liner Notes Chet Atkins Producer John D. Loudermilk ? Mark Marymont Liner Notes