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Episode 27 The Moody Blues Long Distance Voyager For John Lodge 1943-2025
02 Dec 2025
01:35:50
In memorium of Moody Blues bass player/singer/songwriter John Lodge who passed away in October 2025 at age 83.
In honor of John I am looking at The Moody Blues' 1981 masterpiece Long Distance Voyager
0:00 Intro 2:14 Eulogizing John Lodge 3:34 Making of the album and defending Patrick Moraz 12:47 My backstory 17:09 The Voice 29:25 Talkin' Out of Turn 35:03 Gemini Dream 41:45 In My World 45:05 Meanwhile 50:15 22,000 Days 54:37 Nervous 59:33 Cosmic Rocker Suite (Painted Smile/Reflective Smile/Veteran Cosmic Rocker) 1:11:29 Reception and Release 1:24:09 Picks of the Moment 1:26:19 Plugs for podcasts, YouTube Channels and Radio Shows 1:33:15 Outro 1:35:08 Credits
Episode 26 Supertramp Even In the Quietest Moments Rick Davies 1944-2025
11 Oct 2025
01:28:19
In memorium of Supertramp co-founder/keyboard player/singer/songwriter Rick Davies who passed away in September 2025 at age 81.
In honor of Rick I am reairing an old episode I redid in April of 2022 on Supertramp's 1977 masterpiece Even In the Quietest Moments...
0:00 Intro 1:00 Eulogizing Rick 9:50 Making of the album 16:00 My backstory 17:20 Give A Little BIt 24:05 Loverboy 28:35 Even In the Quietest Moments 33:47 Downstream 36:44 Babaji aka BabaC 42:16 From Now On 47:27 Fools Overture 58:53 Reception and Release 1:08:00 More tributes to Rick 1:10:53 Me talking to Rick Davies and John Helliwell in 2002 asking about David Gilmour's contribution to Brother Where You Bound. 1:22:30 My opinion on Rick Davies and my Eulogy 1:16:16 Picks of the Moment 1:16:50 Plugs for podcasts, YouTube Channels and Radio Shows 1:23:49 Outro 1:27:38 Credits
Episode 17 The Tubes The Completion Backward Principle
18 Dec 2024
01:40:32
Today Terrence returns with a NEW EPISODE on an album from an overlooked band called The Tubes and their 1981 album The Completion Backward Principle and the making of it and dissection of the album and how much it rocks. Plus the songs not on the album and the contributions to the Xanadu Soundtrack and the ill-fated Black Album
Terrence today goes North of the Border to spotlight the 1981 Loverboy classic Get Lucky and why the album was important to the 1980s Canadian Rock Scene and why I love it. #loverboy #mikereno #pauldean #dougjohnson #mattfrenette #scottsmith #tjrsclassicrockcorner
Official Loverboy website : http://www.loverboy.com
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Episode 15 Metallica Ride the Lightning and Review of Foxboro Concert 8/4/2024
23 Oct 2024
01:47:56
Today Terrence returns with a NEW EPISODE on the 40th Anniversary on Metallica's 1984 masterpiece entitled Ride The Lightning and the making of it and dissection of the album and how much it rocks. Plus my review of the concers I attended at Gillette Stadium on August 4, 2024!
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Episode 14 David Gilmour Luck and Strange
15 Sep 2024
01:33:33
Today Terrence returns after four months with a NEW EPISODE on the first new album from former Pink Floyd singer/songwriter/guitarist David Gilmour entitled Luck and Strange and the road to how the album was made amongst guitar sales, COVID, catalog overhauls, fights with Roger Waters and if I think the album is great or crap. Plus why I was absent and how YouTube channel JCM-Led Zeppelin Stories got me back into doing episodes!
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Episode 13 The Moody Blues Days Of Future Passed (for Mike Pinder, Ray Thomas and Graeme Edge)
12 May 2024
01:35:03
Today Terrence pays tribute to the late Moody Blues co-founder Mike Pinder who passed away on April 24, 2024 by discussing The Moody Blues' 1967 Days of Future Passed which was the album that practically invented Progressive Rock. Review was recorded in March and April before the passing of Mike Pinder but is now a tribute to him and fellow Moodies co-founders Ray Thomas (who passed away in 2018) and Graeme Edge (who passed away in 2021) and also answers the question Did Queen borrow from The Moody Blues for Ogre Battle? Find out!
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Episode 12 Queen A Night At the Opera
29 Apr 2024
01:44:06
Today Terrence shortens the name of the show but the message and mission remains the same and comes back with first new episode in a while which is on Queen's 1975 album A Night at the Opera album. Much was originally recorded in 2020 BUT parts and sections were re-recorded (especially the intro and outro) and made better than its original controversial airing in December 2020 under the Terrence Reardon and Friends moniker (most profanities were removed).
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Episode 11 The Who Quadrophenia
24 Feb 2024
01:59:22
This episode Terrence discusses the 1973 classic double album/Rock Opera by The Who entitled Quadrophenia and is now updated to discuss the mix of the album in 5.1 and also updates on The Who as of this recording.
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Episode 10 Emerson Lake and Palmer Brain Salad Surgery
30 Dec 2023
01:33:18
Finally, after family and natural disaster related delays, Terrence returns with a new episode on the 1973 Emerson Lake and Palmer masterpiece Brain Salad Surgery and its offshoot live album Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends, Ladies and Gentlemen. Plus a tribute to the now deceased Keith Emerson and the also deceased Greg Lake and why this album is the masterpiece it is and also an answer to Paul Stanley who said the critics loved ELP when the critics DESPISED ELP but fans (like me) LOVE ELP.
Official Emerson Lake and Palmer website: http://www.emersonlakeandpalmer.com
Official Carl Palmer site : http://www.carlpalmer.com
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Episode 9 Bruce Springsteen Darkness On The Edge Of Town
03 Nov 2023
01:41:10
Finally, after four months of sidelines numerous delays, Terrence returns with a new episode on the 1978 Bruce Springsteen classic Darkness On The Edge of Town and finally exorcising the past that was plaguing yours truly.
Official Bruce Springsteen website: http://www.brucespringsteen.net
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Episode 8 Rush Moving Pictures and Exit Stage Left With Jay Kay
27 Jun 2023
01:51:02
This episode Terrence discusses the 1981 Rush classic Moving Pictures and its offshoot live album Exit...Stage Left with his buddy Jay Kay originally recorded in October, 2011 and is now updated to discuss the 40th Anniversary Edition of Moving Pictures that was released a few months after original review.
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Episode 25 A Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne Blizzard of Ozz and Diary Of a Madman
03 Aug 2025
01:54:30
Today Terrence pays tribute to The Prince of Darkness aka The King of Heavy Metal Ozzy Osbourne and his first two solo albums Blizzard of Ozz and Diary Of a Madman and why these albums are amazing
0:00 Intro and eulogizing Ozzy Osbourne and history with Black Sabbath 10:48 The Creation of and Making of the Album Blizzard of Ozz 13:15 My Intro to the Album 15:23 I Don't Know 19:45 Crazy Train 26:38 Goodbye to Romance 31:38 Dee 32:53 Suicide Solution 39:40 Mr Crowley 44:28 No Bone Movies 47:15 Revelation (Mother Earth) 52:08 Steal Away (The Night) 54:45 You Lookin' at Me Lookin' at You 55:45 Release and reception and Dove Biting Fiasco 58:06 Mr Crowley EP You Said It All 59:36 The Creation of and Making of the Album Diary Of a Madman 1:00:46 My Intro to the Album 1:02:20 Over the Mountain 1:05:25 Flying High Again 1:11:03 You Can't Kill Rock and Roll 1:15:54 Believer 1:21:09 Little Dolls 1:24:55 Tonight 1:28:56 S.A.T.O. 1:32:33 Diary of a Madman 1:37:02 Release and reception 1:40:03 Randy Rhoads' Plane Crash and Death 1:43:35 Dedication and Picks 1:46:57 Plugs for YouTube channels and Podcasts 1:52:13 Outro and credits
This episode Terrence discusses the 1988 Metallica classic And Justice For All and seeing if his opinion on the album remained the same as he reviewed in 2014 with an old podcast from his past or has changed for the better or worse after not listening to the album for a long time.
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Episode 6 Supertramp Crime Of The Century
15 Apr 2023
01:47:12
This episode Terrence discusses the 1974 Supertramp masterpiece entitled Crime Of The Century. Also discusses his opinion regarding the never ending Roger Waters vs David Gilmour and Rick Wright feud.
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Episode 5 Pink Floyd The Dark Side Of The Moon 50th Anniversary with Ed Lopes-Reyes
15 Mar 2023
02:12:40
This episode Terrence celebrates the Golden Anniversary of the 1973 masterpiece by Pink Floyd entitled The Dark Side Of The Moon. Originally was recorded in 2018 with Ed Lopes-Reyes of Publius Enigma as an episode on the old Terrence Reardon and Friends Podcast and was updated to be as close to up to date as possible and discusses the upcoming 50th Anniversary box.
YouTube visual channel : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLM0ADQhvPJhTGEEdHnmkKQ Facebook Group : http://www.facebook.com/groups/terrencesclassicrockcornerpodcast Publius Enigma website : https://www.publiusenigma.co.uk
Episode 4 Styx The Grand Illusion
27 Jan 2023
01:37:45
This episode Terrence discusses the 1977 Styx masterpiece entitled The Grand Illusion. Originally an episode on two previous old podcasts but edited and updated to be as close to up to date as possible.
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Episode 3 Jackson Browne Running On Empty
12 Jan 2023
01:22:57
This episode Terrence discusses the 1977 Jackson Browne live album with all new songs entitled Running On Empty and why the album made him the high mileage champion in the singer/songwriter movement from California.
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Episode 1 The Police Ghost In The Machine
26 Dec 2022
01:25:03
Debut new episode focusing on the album from The Police that was the calm before the storm that would happen in 1983 focusing on 1981's Ghost In the Machine album and reason why I decided to start the podcast over from scratch.
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Episode 24 Queen The Game/Flash Gordon/Queen Rock Montreal
08 Jul 2025
01:59:07
Today Terrence re-records a topic he did originally with Rock and Metal Combat back in the day but this time as a solo act on Queen's 1980 album The Game and why I love it and defend Elvis on Crazy Little Thing plus the Flash Gordon Soundtrack and Queen Rock Montreal 1981. I am happy with the new version
0:00 Intro 2:37 The Making of the Album 13:30 My Intro to the Album 22:17 Play The Game 29:19 Dragon Attack 36:24 Another One Bites The Dust 47:38 Need Your Loving Tonight 51:51 Crazy Little Thing Called Love 1:02:08 Rock It (Prime Jive) 1:05:57 Don't Try Suicide 1:10:45 Sail Away Sweet Sister (AKA Ballad Of an Only Child) 1:15:02 Coming Soon 1:18:12 Save Me 1:23:16 A Human Body B Side 1:25:39 It's a Beautiful Day Sketch 1:26:50 Release and reception 1:29:00 Flash Gordon Soundtrack Overview 1:46:42 Queen Rock Montreal 1981 Overview 1:51:57 Plugs for YouTube channels and Podcasts 1:57:13 Outro and credits
Episode 23 Dire Straits Brothers In Arms 40th Anniversary
17 Jun 2025
01:41:21
New episode on the 40th Anniversary of the Dire Straits masterpiece Brothers In Arms and also a synopsis on the 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition available now. Plus why this masterpiece is still epic 40 years on and preach off the pulpit of why people get offended by the second verse of Money For Nothing.
0:00 Intro
8:04 Recording of the album
13:12 Terrence's Intro to the Album
17:33 So Far Away
22:49 Money For Nothing (including defending the offensive second verse)
38:53 Walk Of Life
44:53 Your Latest Trick
49:43 Why Worry
53:12 Ride Across the River
58:27 The Man's Too Strong
1:02:20 One World
1:06:24 Brothers In Arms Title Cut
1:13:33 Reception, sales and so forth
1:22:53 40th Anniversary Box Set and Deluxe Edition Review of Live At San Antonio 1985
1:31:06 Picks Of the Moment
1:33:56 Plugs for podcasts and other YouTube channels
Today Terrence talks about The Bad Boys From Boston Aerosmith and the 1975 classic Toys In The Attic and how it is still a masterpiece today and also rants about why people can't (in the words of Frank Zappa) "SHUT UP AND PLAY YOUR GUITAR (Springsteen and Nuge staring at you two dipsticks)
0:00 Intro and foreward 3:59 Springteen's TDS Gone Amuck and Politics and Music Are Chalk and Cheese 14:11 Eulogies for Simon House and Rick Derringer 18:52 Intro and Making of the Album 25:55 How I was intro'd to the band and album 32:44 Toys In the Attic 36:54 Uncle Salty 41:58 Adam's Apple 45:57 Walk This Way 52:52 Big Ten Inch Record 56:23 Sweet Emotion 1:02:39 No More No More 1:05:59 Round and Round 1:09:34 You See Me Crying 1:14:03 Outtakes (Soul Saver and then Helter Skelter at 1:15:06) 1:18:38 Reception and legacy 1:27:58 Picks of the Moment and Plugs for YouTube channels, Podcasts and Radio Shows 1:36:04 Outro and credits
Episode 21 Led Zeppelin Presence Plus 1976 and 1977 Year in Zep
22 May 2025
01:48:30
Terrence today decides to go back to the old Terrence Reardon and Friends 2021 episode on the overlooked 1976 Led Zeppelin masterpiece Presence plus glossing over The Song Remains the Same and the 1977 ill fated US Tour. #ledzeppelin #robertplant #jimmypage #johnpauljones #johnbonham #tjrsclassicrockcornerpodcast
0:00 Intro 7:12 Intro to the Album and Making Of the Album 15:46 Terrence's Intro to the Album 18:44 Achilles Last Stand 29:14 For Your Life 34:32 Royal Orleans 40:00 Nobody's Fault But Mine 51:11 Candy Store Rock 57:34 Hots On For Nowhere 1:03:33 Tea For One 1:10:15 10 Carrots Ribs and All (Pod Pod) 1:12:15 Release and Reception 1:18:11 The Song Remains the Same Overview 1:31:16 The 1977 North American Tour 1:38:15 Led Zeppelin Update and Recommendations 1:41:05 Plugs 1:46:19 Goodbye and Credits
Episode 20 Bad Company Run With the Pack
09 May 2025
01:34:28
Terrence is back for the first time in months after illnesses and other issues to talk about the soon to be Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees Bad Company aka The Original Bad Company and their 1976 masterpiece Run With The Pack. #badcompany #paulrodgers #mickralphs #simonkirke #bozburrell #tjrsclassicrockcornerpodcast
0:00 Intro 3:15 Classic Rock News 24:39 Intro to the Album and Making Of the Album 37:22 Terrence's Intro to the Album 41:01 Live For The Music 44:24 Simple Man 48:40 Honey Child 53:43 Love Me Somebody 56:17 Run With the Pack (title cut) 1:02:48 Silver Blue and Gold 1:06:45 Young Blood 1:09:36 Do Right By Your Woman 1:11:40 Sweet Lil Sister 1:13:56 Fade Away 1:15:59 Release and Reception 1:16:30 Re-releases etc 1:22:13 The Original Bad Company Comparisons to Original Van Halen and Classic Little River Band 1:24:00 Recommendations and Plugs 1:32:18 Goodbye and Credits
Episode 19 The Eagles The Long Run and Eagles Live 1980
21 Jan 2025
01:52:31
Terrence today goes back and looks at the finale of The Eagles' 1970s run with their 1979 swan song for 15 years The Long Run and its offshoot live album and also why the attempt to make a double album failed and why the band imploded. #theeagles #donhenley #glennfrey #donfelder #joewalsh #timothybschmit #tjrsclassicrockcornerpodcast
Chapters : 0:00 Intro 4:53 Enter Timothy B Schmit and recording starts 8:23 Long Run Leftovers 11:27 Born To Boogie 13:15 Offtune Piano 15:05 Please Come Home For Christmas 18:31 Funky New Year 22:27 My Intro to the Album 27:32 The Long Run 35:59 I Can't Tell You Why 44:17 In The City 48:26 The Disco Strangler 52:22 King Of Hollywood 56:50 Heartache Tonight 1:03:06 Those Shoes 1:10:24 Teenage Jail 1:14:36 The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks 1:17:14 The Sad Cafe (plus a tribute to David Sanborn 1:22:54) 1:27:37 How well the album did and its tour 1:30:12 Allan Cranston ruins The Eagles and Long Night at Wrong Beach 1:33:33 The Eagles Live and release and reception 1:44:05 Picks of the Moment 1:45:45 Plugs for shows 1:51:02 Outro
Originally recorded in November/December, 2019 and originally released in February, 2020
This episode Terrence celebrated the then 40th Anniversary of the 1979 masterpiece by Pink Floyd entitled The Wall. Originally aired as a Terrence Reardon and Friends episode but many obscenities were removed and updated info and set the record straight on the spitting incident, the current remake of Comfortably Numb David Gilmour did with Body Count and revelation about night two of The Wall in L.A. in 1980 on Hey You among other things to be as close to up to date as possible on its 45th Anniversary as the Top Selling album in the USA!.
Chapters :
0:00 Intro and Hello and Explanation 3:30 Early Basic History and how the Idea Started 6:22 Olympic Stadium Fiasco and Spitting Incident 10:21 Solo ventures from David and Rick and The Wall sessions start 15:15 Roger forcing Rick Wright out of the band and defending Rick 17:40 Completing the album 25:00 My Intro to the album 29:43 In The Flesh? 39:23 The Thin Ice 44:50 Another Brick In the Wall Part 1 50:00 The Happiest Days of Our Lives 55:02 Another Brick In the Wall Part 2 1:07:39 Mother 1:18:28 Goodbye Blue Sky 1:23:43 Empty Spaces/What Shall We Do Now? 1:32:20 Young Lust 1:38:19 One Of My Turns (including a funny Keith Moon story) 1:46:30 Don't Leave Me Now 1:52:20 Another Brick In the Wall Part 3 1:54:42 The Last Few Bricks (only on the live 1980-81 Album) 1:59:37 Goodbye Cruel World 2:05:28 Hey You (including the performance David Gilmour sings last verse 2:11:44 from Los Angeles February 8, 1980) 2:15:47 Is There Anybody Out There? 2:23:02 Nobody Home 2:30:29 Vera 2:33:24 Bring the Boys Back Home 2:38:08 Comfortably Numb (2:57:33 Opinion of Roger's 2022 rework and David and Body Count versions) 3:00:55 The Show Must Go On 3:05:59 In the Flesh 3:13:19 Run Like Hell 3:23:55 Waiting For The Worms 3:30:11 Stop 3:33:33 The Trial 3:40:10 Outside The Wall (including original ending It's Never Too Late) 3:46:23 Reception upon release including its major US success and reissues since release 3:58:17 Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81 Overview 4:10:24 Pink Floyd Update and Recommendations 4:14:25 Plugs for radio shows and podcasts and YouTube channels 4:19:45 Ending and credits
Episode 28 KISS Destroyer (A Tribute to Ace Frehley 1951-2025)
26 Dec 2025
01:42:50
Terrence pays tribute to the late KISS co-founder/guitarist.songwriter Ace Frehley by looking at the masterpiece Destroyer which I originally intended for an episode in 2021/22 but sat on it until now and is the least I can do for Ace. Plus KISS news and unlike Dr Fukk and Ian Wadley and the schoolgirls at Rock and Metal Combat I don't goof on Paul Stanley's speech impediment because it's cruel and childish and they need to GROW UP and make amends with Free Form Rock Podcast's Marc Alden Taylor and TJR (yours truly) before it's too late and if losing Ozzy and Ace can't cause people to reconcile and be friends NOTHING WILL.
0:00 Intro 1:02 Losses up to speed 3:27 Eulogizing Ace Frehley 8:24 Eulogies from Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and Peter Criss 13:25 Making of Destroyer and History of the Album 21:46 My Intro to the Destroyer album 23:32 Detroit Rock City 31:45 King of the Night Time World 36:28 God of Thunder 44:15 Great Expectations 48:46 Flaming Youth 52:17 Sweet Pain 56:32 Shout It Out Loud 1:00:08 Beth 1:07:17 Do You Love Me 1:10:45 Rock and Roll Party 1:13:18 Release, reception and success 1:15:07 Reissues, remasters, remixed Destroyer Resurrection and Super Deluxe Destroyer Box 1:20:18 Updates, box set reissues, new Peter Criss album and the band honored by Trump at Kennedy Honors 1:32:53 Picks of the Moment 1:34:12 Plugs 1:41:08 Ending and Credits