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Dexter Gordon: Tower of Power. ACTUAL SONG NAMES???

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Does anybody know what the tracks "Montmarte" and "Stanley the Steamer" are actually called? Apparently those aren't the right titles for the songs. I already figured out that track 2, "The Rainbow People," is actually "Fried Bananas."
Thanks in advance, this has been driving me crazy.
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This Dexter Gordon discography entry for the 3 records recorded at those Prestige dates may clear things up for you:

Dexter Gordon - The Tower Of Power! (Prestige PR 7623)
Dexter Gordon, James Moody (ts) Barry Harris (p) Buster Williams (b) Albert Heath (d)
NYC, April 2, 1969
-----Montmartre
omit Moody
NYC, April 4, 1969
-----The Rainbow People
-----Stanley The Steamer
-----Those Were The Days
** also issued on Original Jazz Classics OJC 299, OJCCD 299-2.
** part of Prestige P 24087.

Dexter Gordon - More Power! (Prestige PR 7680)
Dexter Gordon, James Moody (ts) Barry Harris (p) Buster Williams (b) Albert Heath (d)
NYC, April 2, 1969
-----Lady Bird
-----Sticky Wicket
omit Moody
NYC, April 4, 1969
-----Meditation
-----Fried Bananas
-----Boston Bernie
** also issued on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 815-2.
** part of Prestige P 24087.

Dexter Gordon Plays The Blues - Blue Dex (Prestige PRCD 11003-2)

Dexter Gordon, James Moody (ts) Barry Harris (p) Buster Williams (b) Albert Heath (d)
NYC, April 2, 1969
-----Sticky Wicket (alt. take)
Dexter Gordon (ts) Wynton Kelly (p) Sam Jones (b) Roy Brooks (d)
NYC, August 27, 1970
-----The Jumpin' Blues (alt. take)

http://www.jazzdisco.org/dexter-gordon/catalog/#prestige-pr-7623
FWIW, the Prestige CD reissues that I have of Tower of Power and More Power! correspond exactly to these listings. These and more are available as part of the outstanding Complete Prestige Recordings. I bought mine at emusic.
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