That Spector production failed big time with the bruddahs. But I was never a fan of the Spector Wall of Sound, Let It Be is (also) sonically the most non-descript Beatles album and All Things Must Pass gives me headaches with its echoy-y-y cavernous sound. I don't even like River Deep, Mountain High, overblown and tinny.
I always liked Joey's nasal pop voice, it was laconic, but at the same time pleading. What you hear on those early albums is him multitracked several times over (much like Ozzy) which made his voice stand out so much (again much like Ozzy's). He was apparently very good at multitracking his vocals very accurately.
A "lead guitar kid" myself, the lack of lead guitar didn't bother me that much on the Ramones debut, I immediately liked how primal it sounded. There had been other bands such as the New York Dolls and Status Quo where the lead guitar role had de facto been more one of a "2nd rhythm guitar" and I had dug those as well. So I didn't miss that, say, Rory Gallagher hadn't played some lead overdubs on the Ramones debut!
Speaking of whom: When Rory G. saw a Sex Pistols gig in San Francisco (while he was recording a new album there), he left as a changed man. He scrapped the recording, kicked out his keyboarder and the jazzy drummer (in came hard-hitting Ted McKenna from The Sensational Alex Harvey Band) and reconfigurated his band into a power trio. And I guess it wasn't Steve Jones' exquisite blues licks that impressed the Irishman.