Britain's first independent record producer, sonic innovator and eccentric uncle to studio geeks everywhere. From a chaotic flat on London's Holloway Road he made futuristic tunes that caught the imagination of the not-quite-swinging sixties. A true original. Joe Meek was tone deaf, claimed to have made contact with Buddy Holly during a séance and was the first producer to record Tom Jones and Screaming Lord Sutch. On the February 3, 1967, at the age of 37, Joe shot his landlady then killed himself.