Lunch Box/Odd Sox

Written by Paul McCartneyLinda McCartney Instrumental

Album This song officially appears on the Coming Up 7" Single.
Timeline This song has been officially released in 1980

Related sessions

This song has been recorded during the following studio sessions



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Song facts

Lunch Box/Odd Sox” is an instrumental song recorded by Wings early 1975, and released 5 years after as a the B-Side of McCartney’s 1980 single, “Coming Up”.

Last updated on May 19, 2020

Officially appears on


Coming Up

7" Single • Released in 1980

3:54 • Studio versionA

Paul McCartney :
Piano, Producer
Linda McCartney :
Moog
Denny Laine :
Guitar
Geoff Britton :
Drums
Tony Dorsey :
Bass
Alan O'Duffy :
Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
Biff Dawes :
Assistant mixing engineer
Ken Lexton :
Assistant recording engineer

Session Recording:
Jan 20, 1975
Studio :
Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA

Session Mixing:
Mar 17, 1975
Studio :
Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA


Venus And Mars (1993)

Official album • Released in 1993

3:52 • Studio versionA1993 • 1993 remaster

Paul McCartney :
Piano, Producer
Linda McCartney :
Moog
Denny Laine :
Guitar
Geoff Britton :
Drums
Tony Dorsey :
Bass
Alan O'Duffy :
Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
Biff Dawes :
Assistant mixing engineer
Ken Lexton :
Assistant recording engineer
Peter Mew :
Remastering

Session Recording:
Jan 20, 1975
Studio :
Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA

Session Mixing:
Mar 17, 1975
Studio :
Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA


Venus And Mars - Archive Collection

Official album • Released in 2014

3:55 • Studio versionA2011 • 2011 remaster

Paul McCartney :
Piano, Producer
Linda McCartney :
Moog
Denny Laine :
Guitar
Geoff Britton :
Drums
Tony Dorsey :
Bass
Alan O'Duffy :
Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
Biff Dawes :
Assistant mixing engineer
Ken Lexton :
Assistant recording engineer

Session Recording:
Jan 20, 1975
Studio :
Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA

Session Mixing:
Mar 17, 1975
Studio :
Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA


The 7” Singles Box

7" Single • Released in 2022

3:55 • Studio versionA2011

Paul McCartney :
Piano, Producer
Linda McCartney :
Moog
Denny Laine :
Guitar
Geoff Britton :
Drums
Tony Dorsey :
Bass
Alan O'Duffy :
Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
Biff Dawes :
Assistant mixing engineer
Ken Lexton :
Assistant recording engineer

Session Recording:
Jan 20, 1975
Studio :
Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA

Session Mixing:
Mar 17, 1975
Studio :
Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA

Bootlegs


MoMac's Hidden Tracks Vol. 6

Unofficial album

2:47 • Studio version


Venus And Mars Outtakes Are Alright Tonight

Unofficial album

4:07 • Outtake


Venus And Mars Sessions

Unofficial album

3:52 • Studio version


The Piano Tape

Unofficial album • Released in 1992

2:47 • Demo

Session Recording:
Circa 1974
Studio :
Unknown


B-Sides Complete Vol. 2

Unofficial album • Released in 2000

3:47 • Studio versionA

Paul McCartney :
Piano, Producer
Linda McCartney :
Moog
Denny Laine :
Guitar
Geoff Britton :
Drums
Tony Dorsey :
Bass
Alan O'Duffy :
Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
Biff Dawes :
Assistant mixing engineer
Ken Lexton :
Assistant recording engineer

Session Recording:
Jan 20, 1975
Studio :
Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA

Session Mixing:
Mar 17, 1975
Studio :
Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA


Live performances

Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.

Going further


Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989

With 25 albums of pop music, 5 of classical – a total of around 500 songs – released over the course of more than half a century, Paul McCartney's career, on his own and with Wings, boasts an incredible catalogue that's always striving to free itself from the shadow of The Beatles. The stories behind the songs, demos and studio recordings, unreleased tracks, recording dates, musicians, live performances and tours, covers, events: Music Is Ideas Volume 1 traces McCartney's post-Beatles output from 1970 to 1989 in the form of 346 song sheets, filled with details of the recordings and stories behind the sessions. Accompanied by photos, and drawing on interviews and contemporary reviews, this reference book draws the portrait of a musical craftsman who has elevated popular song to an art-form.

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