Listening to these ancient (nearly 20 years old!) live recordings of the Cold, captured at St. Christopher’s gym, Jimmy’s and aboard the riverboat President, I am primarily impressed by Chris Luckette’s drumming: he is a pile-driver. The rest of the music is soda pop that has not retained its fizz. The Cold always reminded me of a musical comedy version of a “real” band: loveable, geeky boys and a hyperkinetic girl who was “just like” the girls she was singing to. It was Britney Spears before Britney was even born. There are 26 selections here, all short and sort of sweet. The Beatles’ “You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)” segues into the Cold’s original “We Can Have Sex (But I’m Not Very Good).”

That’s what I was afraid of.