Paul McCartney / The 7″ Singles

Paul McCartney is to release a massive seven-inch singles vinyl box set next month. The 7″ Singles contains 80 vinyl seven-inch singles, starting with 1970’s ‘Another Day’ and working through the decades to ‘Women and Wives’ from 2020’s McCartney III.

There are 65 recreations of singles/promos using restored artwork from 11 different countries. Additionally 15 singles are included that have never before been issued on seven-inch. These are mostly digital-only releases or songs that were for other reasons not issued on seven-inch.

As you can imagine, 80 seven-inch singles requires a big box and so these are packaged in a two-piece, four-walled FSC-approved “Redwood pine and Birch Ply wooden art crate” manufactured in the United Kingdom.

This comes with a 148-page book containing foreword from Paul, essay by Rob Sheffield, recording notes, release dates, and chart information on each of the singles.

Some of the audio has been remastered and some of it is taken from the previous Archive Collection remasters. What has been remastered and what hasn’t, will be an interesting talking point and since certain albums haven’t been reissued yet (like Wings’ London Town and Back to the Egg) and Paul McCartney’s Give My Regards To Broad Street and Press to Play) this is an opportunity to hear some songs from those albums remastered for the first time (although a few cuts featured on 2016’s Pure McCartney).

This box set is limited to 3,000 units worldwide and according to the blurb, includes “1 exclusive test pressing randomly selected from the manufacturing process” which appears to be shown in the image below.

No surprises, this is expensive! In the UK is retailing for £615 and is only available via McCartney’s shop or Universal Music channels (like Sound of Vinyl or uDiscoverMusic). It is going to be available digitally and on streaming but there’s no CD edition.

The 7″ Singles is released on 2 December 2022, via MPL/UMC.

US Links: Paul McCartney’s shop •

Track listing

1970, Sweden
1A: Another Day
1B: Oh Woman, Oh Why

1971, US 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’ School1978,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 Nightime 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, US
40A: Spies Like Us
40B: My Carnival

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

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

1986, US
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, US
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, US
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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