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| Type    = demo
| Type    = demo
| Artist  = Weezer
| Artist  = Weezer
| Released = November 2001
| Released = November [[2001]]
| Recorded = November 14, 2001
| Recorded = [[November 14]], 2001
| Length  = 1:38
| Length  = 1:38
| Label    =   
| Label    =   
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| COR#    = 346
| COR#    = 346
| Producer = Weezer
| Producer = Weezer
| Status  = Demo circulating
| Status  = Demos circulating


| RC's last song  = Wake Up Dry<br>(RC# 685)
| RC's last song  = "[[Wake Up Dry]]"<br>(RC# 685)
| This RC song    = Cygnus X-1<br>(RC# 686)
| This RC song    = "Cygnus X-1"<br>(RC# 686)
| RC's next song  = [[Misstep|Say You Will]]<br>(RC# 687)
| RC's next song  = "[[Misstep|Say You Will]]"<br>(RC# 687)
| Album          =  
| Album          =  
| Album type      = studio
| Album type      = studio
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"'''Cygnus X-1'''" (originally known as "'''Smiths Jamb'''") is an instrumental [[Weezer]] demo in early consideration for the album that would eventually become ''[[Maladroit]]''.
"'''Cygnus X-1'''" (originally known as "'''Smiths Jamb'''") is an instrumental [[Weezer]] demo recorded in early consideration for the album that would eventually become ''[[Maladroit]]''.
===Appearances===
*''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]'' (2020)
==Overview==
==Overview==
"Cygnus X-1" was originally written, according to the [[Catalog O' Riffs]], in early October of [[2001]]. It is first known to have been recorded during the [[Cello Demos|sessions at Cello Studios]] in early November of that year, though it was not finished at that time. The song was later recorded at [[Glenn Sound Demos|Glenn Sound Studios]] on [[November 14]] for the radio station 107.7 The End, along with the songs "[[Slave]]" and "[[Space Rock]]". The songs were never aired, and the band subsequently released them as free MP3s on their [[weezer.com|official website]].
"Cygnus X-1" was originally written, according to the [[Catalog O' Riffs]], in early October of [[2001]]. It is first known to have been recorded during the [[Cello Demos|sessions at Cello Studios]] in early November of that year, though it was not finished at that time. The song was later recorded at [[Glenn Sound Demos|Glenn Sound Studios]] on [[November 14]] for the radio station 107.7 The End, along with the songs "[[Slave]]" and "[[Space Rock]]", though the three songs never aired, and the band subsequently released them as free MP3s on their [[weezer.com|official website]]. Two early demos by [[Rivers Cuomo]] were released as part of the digital demo compilation ''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]'' in November of [[2020]].


The basis for the song's title has never been commented on, but [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygnus_X-1 Cygnus X-1] is also the name of a galactic X-ray source in the constellation Cygnus discovered in 1964, and the first such source widely accepted to be a black hole. It is also the title of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygnus_X-1_(song_series) two-part song] by the band [[Rush]] from their 1977 album ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Farewell_to_Kings A Farewell to Kings]''.
The basis for the song's title has never been commented on, but [[Wikipedia:Cygnus_X-1|Cygnus X-1]] is also the name of a galactic X-ray source in the constellation Cygnus discovered in 1964, and the first such source widely accepted to be a black hole. It is also the title of a [[Wikipedia:Cygnus_X-1_(song_series)|two-part song]] by the band [[Rush]] from their 1977 album ''[[Wikipedia:A_Farewell_to_Kings|A Farewell to Kings]]''.
==Known recordings==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em; font-size:.9em;
!Performer(s)
!Title
!Filename
!Date of recording
!Recording location
!Length
!Appeared on
!Notes
|-
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Rivers Cuomo]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|Smiths Jam
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|<samp>346 Smiths Jam.mp3</samp>
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|3:50
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]''
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|
|-
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Rivers Cuomo]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|Smiths Jamb
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|<samp>346.2 Smiths Jamb.mp3</samp>
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|1:31
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]''
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|
|-
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|[[Weezer]]
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|Cygnus X-1
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|[[November 2]]—[[November 5]], [[2001]]
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|[[Cello Studios]], Los Angeles, CA
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|Unlikely to be finished during Cello sessions
|-
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Weezer]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|Cygnus X-1
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|<samp>WEEZER-2001-11-14-GlennSound-Cygnus_X1_346.mp3</samp>
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[November 14]], [[2001]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Glenn Sound demos|Glenn Sound, Seattle, WA]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|1:38
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|Recorded for 107.7 The End but never broadcast. Released online on [[weezer.com]]
|-
|}
==Audio==
==Audio==
<youtube>AhfciBFFeMw</youtube>
<youtube>AhfciBFFeMw</youtube>
==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of Weezer songs]]
*[[List of Weezer songs]]
 
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.oa.uj.edu.pl/research/cygx1.html What Is Cyngus X-1?]
*[http://www.oa.uj.edu.pl/research/cygx1.html What Is Cyngus X-1?]


[[Category: Weezer songs]]
[[Category:Weezer songs]][[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]][[Category:Songs on Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]][[Category:Catalog O' Riffs]][[Category:Instrumentals]][[Category:Featured song]]
[[Category: Instrumentals]]
[[Category:Featured song]]