Tom Verlaine’s strangled voice takes some getting used to, but Marquee Moon shimmers with urban grime and psychedelic imagination. In the trebly twang of “See No Evil,” “Guiding Light,” and “Venus,” you can hear how Television inspired bands from U2 and R.E.M. to Joy Division and So... 

 Adventure is slighter, but it still has great songs such as the spastic rocker “Glory,” the brooding “Carried Away,” and the gorgeously sad “Days.”  

 The Blow Up is a collection picked by Verlaine from live 1978 New York shows, featuring attacks on Dylan’s “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” and the 13th Floor Elevators’ “Fire Engine.” 

 Television reunited briefly for a lightweight 1991 album, and have also gigged periodically in recent years, mostly at European festivals. 

 Even better (in terms of sound quality as well as playing), Live at the Old Waldorf finally got officially released in 2003, via Rhino’s Handmade imprint. It’s a legendary San Francisco show from the summer of 1978, when Television was topping itself every night. The 11-minute version of “L...