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Tommy on tape or vinyl (9)

Tommy - Re
Tape - cording
Vinyl - def

"Tommy" is an album by The Who

@Chrise

#18 Beak (judge) - def
A flight recorder is called a black box which is bright orange in colour.

Conveyancy job concerns court instruction. (8)

chrise @30: rec is recreation, not only written abbreviation but in common speech, as in rec room (it's in Chambers), order is a group of religious usually with a particular devotion or mission, roll is a formal or official record but also a gymnastic or playful movement.

Possibly corrode without oxygen. Evidence? (6)

Question for you chemists.
Am I correct in saying that certain corrosion can occur without oxygen?

Thanks aristo.

Yes spike. Acids will corrode metals, for example.

Tweak to #19

Rhenium thong of one that may be twelve inches? (9)

Rhenium - Re
Thong - cording
Twelve-inch single is a vinyl record

Thanks, Chrise.

#23 fabulous bird = roc backwards in red. Record = top.
#26 dr o ce back in ring (a bond)

Thanks jafo - but your ROC one is 24, not 23!