Cold Cuts is the third live album by English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands.

A critical success, the duo and Mick Dolan had recorded performances from the tour for usage as the live album Cold Cuts.

They recorded their ninth studio album, Cold Frontier (2001), which was co-produced between the duo and Mick Dolan, engineer for Steve Winwood, after their previous producer and manager Gerrard O'Farrell left for Australia.

Recorded in early 2001 by the River Exe in Countess Wear, Devon, the album saw the duo return "to a more basic instrumental setup" than what they had grown accustomed to.

[4] The tour, which was called a "triumph" by one critic,[4] was recorded in part by Mick Dolan for usage as a live album.

[4] The cover versions of Free's "My Brother Jake", Leonard Cohen's "First They Take Manhattan" and Mike Lennon's "Rose in the Thorn" have been described as being "surprising choices" upon initial inspection, but that "show Of Hands really make them their own".

"Faith in You" and "Track of Words" feature pared down settings and revised pace, which puts a different complexion on the songs from their fulsome production on the earlier studio recordings.

[9] The album was released 22 July 2002 by the duo's own record label Hands on Music, with the catalogue number HMCD17.

"[4] He was particularly praiseful of the re-arrangements of the duo's own material, and concluded that "all in all, Cold Cuts does its job really well, and in the end represents rather more than just a satisfying add-on tour memento for existing fans, being a worthwhile acquisition for its own sake.