Originally Posted by Psy-Fi

Back in the early 90's, A friend invited me to spend a couple of days hanging out in CRC (Chicago Recording Company) in Chicago. We pretty much had free run of the place while we were there.
Got to go into one of the spaces where Cheap Trick were recording an album and got to check out all their equipment. Got to play a tune on one of John Lennon's pianos which they had there. Sat in on a recording session by another friend who was working there as an assistant recording engineer. Sat in (briefly) on a mixdown of a commercial jingle (the only uninteresting part of the visit) and got to roam freely inside the vault where they keep all of the master recordings.
And, to top it all off, we went out for a fun evening of barhopping with several of the studio staff at the end of the last day.