Released in 1980
Lunch Box/Odd Sox
Written by Paul McCartney • Linda Eastman / McCartney • Instrumental
Last updated on May 19, 2020
Released in 1980
Written by Paul McCartney • Linda Eastman / McCartney • Instrumental
Last updated on May 19, 2020
Album This song officially appears on the Coming Up 7" Single.
Timeline This song was officially released in 1980
This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:
Recording "Lunch Box / Odd Sox"
Jan 20, 1975
“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”.
7" Single • Released in 1980
3:54 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Piano, Producer Linda Eastman / 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
Official album • Released in 1993
3:52 • Studio version • A1993 • 1993 remaster
Paul McCartney : Piano, Producer Linda Eastman / 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 version • A2011 • 2011 remaster
Paul McCartney : Piano, Producer Linda Eastman / 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
7" Single • Released in 2022
3:55 • Studio version • A2011
Paul McCartney : Piano, Producer Linda Eastman / 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
Unofficial album • Released in 1992
2:47 • Demo
Session Recording: Circa 1974 • Studio Unknown
Unofficial album • Released in 2000
3:47 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Piano, Producer Linda Eastman / 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
Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.
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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