Paul McCartney set to release 80-single box set

2022 has seen Paul McCartney celebrate yet another series of landmarks. Just one week after his 80th birthday, McCartney headlined the 2022 Glastonbury Festival, playing an unforgettable set that inspired deafening singalongs from the largest crowd the main stage had ever seen.

Hailed as the best gig ever by critics and fans alike, it was a fitting celebration of an extraordinary career.

Today, the revelry continues as McCartney announces the release of “The 7” Singles Box,” featuring 80 x 7” Paul McCartney singles – including such global chart-smashing tracks as “My Love,” “Live and Let Die,” “Band on the Run,” “Silly Love Songs,” “Coming Up,” “Ebony and Ivory,” “Say Say Say,” “No More Lonely Nights,” “Wonderful Christmastime” and many more. The box set includes 163 tracks totaling more than 10 hours of music and will also be released digitally.

Recognized by Guinness World Records as “the most successful songwriter of all time,” McCartney’s “7” Singles Box” is a remarkable testament to this accolade, featuring songs that have sound-tracked our lives and that are loved and sung around the world today.

The format of the 7” single had a profound impact and influence on McCartney, both as a songwriter and as a music fan. He recalls in his foreword that comes with this set how he still enjoys the thrill of flicking through crates in record shops looking for new discoveries and how much respect he and The Beatles had for the B-side.

Available from December 2nd, “The 7” Singles Box” is the ultimate package for any McCartney fan. From 1971’s “Another Day” to a 7” version of 2022’s Record Store Day Song of the Year, “Women and Wives” (taken from 2020’s chart-topping McCartney III), the 80 singles included represent half a century of McCartney’s life showcasing his prolific creativity and relentless innovation. An absolute treasure trove of music, the box set features recreations of 65 singles – complete with their original B-sides (using restored artwork from 11 different countries) as well as 15 singles never before released on 7”.

These 15 singles are made up from tracks previously released on 12”, picture discs, CD singles and promos, digital downloads, music videos, two previously unheard demos, and a previously unheard 7” single edit.

The box set is beautifully presented in a special wooden art crate, designed and built in Derbyshire, UK, and is packed with incredible content, including a 148-page book that features a personal foreword by McCartney, an essay by music journalist Rob Sheffield and extensive chart information, liner notes, and single artwork. Each box includes a randomly selected exclusive test pressing of one of the singles.

This numbered limited-edition collection of 80 x 7” singles personally supervised by Paul McCartney contains:

— Recreations of 65 singles/promos using restored original artwork from 11 different countries;

— 15 singles never before-released on 7” including singles previously released on 12”, picture discs, CD singles/promos, digital downloads, and music videos; 2 previously unheard demos; 1 previously unheard 7” single edit; 1 EP; 1 exclusive test pressing randomly selected from the manufacturing process; a 148-page book containing foreword from McCartney, essay by Rob Sheffield, recording notes, release dates, and chart information on each of the singles – each single included is shown on the attached insert, which will be packed into each box; all housed in a two-piece, four-walled FSC-approved Redwood pine and Birch Ply wooden art crate manufactured in the United Kingdom.

Paul McCartney The 7” Singles Box Track Listing:

1971, Sweden: 1A: Another Day, 1B: Oh Woman, Oh Why

1971, U.S. Mono Promotional Release: 2A: Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey [Mono], 2B: Too Many People [Mono]

1971, UK: 3A: The Back Seat of My Car, 3B: Heart of the Country

Previously unreleased on 7”: 4A: Love Is Strange [Single Edit], 4B: I Am Your Singer

1972, UK: 5A: Give Ireland Back to the Irish, 5B: Give Ireland Back to the Irish [Version]

1972, UK: 6A: Mary Had a Little Lamb, 6B: Little Woman Love

1972, Belgium: 7A: Hi, Hi, Hi, 7AA: C Moon

1973, Israel: 8A: My Love, 8B: The Mess [Live at The Hague]

1973, Sweden: 9A: Live and Let Die, 9B: I Lie Around

1973, Spain: 10A: Helen Wheels, 10B: Country Dreamer

1974, Germany: 11A: Jet, 11B: Let Me Roll It

1974, Germany: 12A: Band on the Run, 12B: Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five

1974, The Netherlands: 13A: Mrs. Vandebilt, 13B: Bluebird

1974, Belgium: 14A: Junior’s Farm, 14B: Sally G

1975, Australia: 15A: Listen to What the Man Said, 15B: Love in Song

1975, Germany: 16A: Letting Go, 16B: You Gave Me the Answer

1975, Belgium: 17A: Venus and Mars/Rock Show, 17B: Magneto and Titanium Man

1976, France: 18A: Silly Love Songs, 18B: Cook of the House

1976, Germany: 19A: Let ‘Em In, 19B: Beware My Love

1977, Japan: 20A: Maybe I’m Amazed (Live), 20B: Soily (Live)

1977, UK: 21A: Mull of Kintyre, 21AA: Girls’ School

1978, Germany: 22A: With a Little Luck (DJ Edit), 22B: Backwards Traveller/Cuff Link

1978, UK: 23A: I’ve Had Enough, 23B: Deliver Your Children

1978, The Netherlands: 24A: London Town, 24B: I’m Carrying

1978, France: 25A: Goodnight Tonight, 25B: Daytime Nighttime Suffering

1979, UK: 26A: Old Siam, Sir, 26B: Spin It On

1979, UK: 27A: Getting Closer: 27AA: Baby’s Request

1979, Japan: 28A: Arrow Through Me, 28B: Old Siam, Sir

1979, UK: 29A: Wonderful Christmastime, 29B: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reggae

1980, UK: 30A: Coming Up, 30B: Coming Up (Live at Glasgow), 30BB: Lunch Box/Odd Sox

1980, UK: 31A: Waterfalls, 31B: Check My Machine

Previously unreleased on 7”: 32A: Temporary Secretary, 32B: Secret Friend [7” Single Edit]

1982, UK: 33A: Ebony and Ivory, 33B: Rainclouds

1982, UK: 34A: Take It Away, 34B: I’ll Give You a Ring

1982, UK: 35A: Tug of War, 35B: Get It

1983, UK: 36A: Say Say Say, 36B: Ode to a Koala Bear

1983, UK: 37A: Pipes of Peace, 37B: So Bad

1984, UK: 38A: No More Lonely Nights (Ballad), 38B: No More Lonely Nights (Playout Version)

1984, UK: 39A: We All Stand Together, 39B: We All Stand Together (Humming Version)

1985, U.S.: 40A: Spies Like Us, 40B: My Carnival

1986, U.S.: 41A: Press [Video Edit], 41B: It’s Not True

1986, Art reformatted from U.S. 12” promotional vinyl: 42A: Pretty Little Head (Remix), 42B: Write Away

1986, U.S.: 43A: Stranglehold, 43B: Angry (Remix)

1986, UK: 44A: Only Love Remains, 44B: Tough on a Tightrope

1987, UK: 45A: Once Upon a Long Ago, 45B: Back on My Feet

1989, U.S.: 46A: My Brave Face, 46B: Flying to My Home

1989, UK: 47A: This One, 47B: The First Stone

1989, Australia: 48A: Figure of Eight [7” Bob Clearmountain Mix], 48B: Où Est le Soleil

1989, UK: 49A: Party Party, 49B: Artwork etching

1990, UK: 50A: Put It There, 50B: Mama’s Little Girl

1990, Europe: 51A: The Long and Winding Road, 51B: C Moon

1990, UK: 52A: Birthday, 52B, Good Day Sunshine

1990, UK: 53A: All My Trials, 53B: C Moon

Previously unreleased on 7”: 54A: The World You’re Coming Into, 54AA: Tres Conejos, 54B: Save the Child, 54BB: The Drinking Song (Let’s Find Ourselves a Little Hostelry)

1992, Europe: 55A: Hope of Deliverance, 55B: Long Leather Coat

1993, Germany: 56A: C’Mon People, 56B: I Can’t Imagine

1997, Reformatted from 7” picture disc: 57A: Young Boy, 57B: Looking for You

1997, Reformatted from 7” picture disc: 58A: The World Tonight, 58B: Used to Be Bad

1997, Reformatted from 7” picture disc: 59A: Beautiful Night, 59B: Love Come Tumbling Down

1999, UK: 60A: No Other Baby, 60B: Brown Eyed Handsome Man, 60BB: Fabulous

2001, Europe: 61A: From a Lover to a Friend, 61B: Riding into Jaipur

2004, Europe: 62A: Tropic Island Hum, 62B: We All Stand Together

2005, Europe: 63A: Fine Line, 63B: Growing Up Falling Down

2005, Europe: 64A: Jenny Wren, 64B: Summer of ’59

Previously unreleased on 7”: 65A: Dance Tonight, 65B: Dance Tonight [Demo]

Previously unreleased on 7”: 66A: Nod Your Head, 66B: 222

2007, Europe: 67A: Ever Present Past, 67B: House of Wax (Live)

Previously unreleased on 7”: 68A: Sing the Changes. 68B: Nothing Too Much Just Out of Sight [Radio Edit]

Previously unreleased on 7”: 69A: (I Want To) Come Home, 69B: (I Want To) Come Home [Demo]

Previously unreleased on 7”: 70A: My Valentine, 70B: Get Yourself Another Fool

2012, U.S.: Christmas Kisses, 71A: The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire), 71B: Wonderful Christmastime

Previously unreleased on 7”: 72A: New, 72B: Early Days

Previously unreleased on 7”: 73A: Queenie Eye, 73B: Save Us

Previously unreleased on 7”: 74A: Hope for the Future, 74B: Hope for the Future [Thrash Mix]

Previously unreleased on 7”: 75A: In the Blink of an Eye, 75B: Walking in the Park with Eloise

2018, Global: 76A: I Don’t Know, 76AA: Come on to Me

Previously unreleased on 7”: 77A: Who Cares, 77B: Fuh You

2019, Global: 78A: Home Tonight, 78AA: In a Hurry

Previously unreleased on 7”: 79A: Find My Way, 79AA: Winter Bird / When Winter Comes

Previously unreleased on 7”: 80A: Women and Wives, 80B: Women and Wives (St. Vincent Remix)

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