L'Affaire Louis' Trio

4-1-08 L’Affaire Louis’ Trio

I have my friend Bob to thank for finding this wonderful French pop group.

CD5 BOIS TON CAFÉ BARCLAY FR 871157.2

CD5 CHACUN DE SON COTE BARCLAY FR 879171.2

7" CHACUN DE SON COTE / SOUS LA LUNE BARCLAY FR 879170.7

CD CHIC PLANETE BARCLAY JPN P00P-20322

CD5 CHIC PLANETE BARCLAY FR 887131.2

7" CHIC PLANETE / BU BARCLAY FR 887131.7

CD5 IL Y A CEUX BARCLAY FR 873537.2

CD L'AFFAIRE LOUIS' TRIO (11) CHRYSALIS FR 856199.2

CDx2 L'AFFAIRE LOUIS' TRIO (14) CHRYSALIS FR 856200.2

CD L'AFFAIRE LOUIS' TRIO (Collection) UNIVERSAL FR 547632.2

CD LE RETOUR DE L'AGE D'OR BARCLAY JPN P00P-20249

CD L'HOMME AUX MILLE VIES BARCLAY FR 527200.2

CD5 L'HOMME AUX MILLE VIES promo BARCLAY FR 1955

CD MOBILIS IN MOBILE BARCLAY JPN POCP-1337

CD5 NOUS, ON A TOUT BARCLAY FR 867073.2

7" NOUS, ON A TOUT / LES ARBRES VERTS BARCLAY FR 1403

CD SANS LEGENDE BARCLAY FR 847506.2

7" SUCCES DE LARMES / LA BALLADE BARCLAY FR 871726.7

12" TOUT MAIS PAS CA BARCLAY FR 885530.1

7" TOUT MAIS PAS CA / LA NUIT BARCLAY FR 885530.7

Cleet Boris solo (Hubert Mounier):

CD LE GRAND HUIT TREMA FR 710808

At some point, I wondered whether or not I was going to like every French pop band from Lyon! Very snappy stuff – their single “Chic Planete” is instantly implanted in your pop cortex. They ‘rocked’ from approx. ’87 to ’97.

My L’ALT story that I love to tell: In ’89 / ’90, I was regularly ‘reading’ Rock et Folk, the French music magazine – well, I was looking at the photos and the advertisements. I could see in the concert listings that L’Affaire Louis’ Trio was ‘on tour’ – and that there was a confirmed Paris date at a theatre I was familiar with. It was sometime in the not too distant future – a couple of months? I arranged to be in Paris the day / week of the show – at a fair expense. I figured I would buy tickets “sur place” – at the box office. I get there on the night of the show and – rien de tout. The show had been cancelled, re-scheduled for the following spring – no way for me to have known about it.

I liked their 2^nd album “Le Retour De L’Age D’Or” even better than I liked the debut, the “Chic Planete” album. Such charming stuff. The single from the 2^nd album, “Succes De L’Armes” is one of my all time favorite singles – I wanted to hear Frank Sinatra sing it!

I was also fiddling around with the C-Band satellite about this time – I discovered that on the Canadian satellite (Anik D6), they were showing French variety TV shows! Lo and behold – I got a lovely show (doubtlessly destined for Quebec) with Cleet Boris, the leader of L’ALT, singing a sappy French music hall song! So they mean it!

All good things must come to an end – they broke up after leaving Barclay Records, and Cleet Boris is now trading under his own name, Hubert Mounier.