I have been listening to a lot of Joe Meek produced tracks the past couple of days.
Meek is still a fascinating producer to this day, perhaps due to the murder / suicide at the end of his life, but certainly partly due to his unbelievably groundbreaking skills as a musician.
Meek was on par with Phil Spector and Brian Wilson at the time (and IMO, soaring above them) while working on a shoestring budget. He recorded many of his most famous tracks in his home, with an "orchestra" lined up the stairs because there wasn't room anywhere else. Female vocals were recorded in the bathroom and the pleasant surprise was hauntingly ghostly echoishly original sounds that are still clearly recognizable.
Once you know the Joe Meek sound, it becomes unmistakable. Passion, longing, regret, sadness, and totally oldies!
When people ask me, "Phil Spector or Brian Wilson?" I say Joe Meek.
No one has ever actually asked me that. Believe it or not.
There are multiple playlists of his work on YouTube.