The E-Types: Introducing... The E-Types 1965 - 1967 (1995)

 

The E-Types (also known as The "E" Types) were an American garage rock band formed in Salinas, California, in 1965. The group's sound combined striking three-part vocal harmonies and Jody Wence's jangling keyboards, with professional production techniques that were outside of the garage band norm. During the E-Types' recording career, the band released five singles, including their most notable record "Put the Clock Back on the Wall". Although the band was short-lived, the E-Types had a profound presence in San Francisco's live scene and, years after their disbandment, the group recorded a reunion album.
                                                                       

Formed in 1965, the E-Types featured Bob Wence (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Don Sheppard (lead guitar), Danny Monigold (bass guitar), Jody Wence (keyboards) and Reggie Shaffer (drums), all of whom had some past experience in various folk rock bands. The group's pop-oriented blend of British Invasion and Byrds-esque garage rock, coupled with polished musicianship quickly secured the E-Types' popularity among the San Jose teen community, which bestowed upon the band the title of "Salinas Beatles".
                                                                     

In the mid-'60s, this group from Salinas, CA, (near San Jose) played a pleasant blend of British Invasion-inspired pop/rock and a touch of garage. With prominent keyboards, three-part harmonies, and original material with minor-keyed shifts, they sounded something like a mix between the Zombies and

the Turtles. Very popular within their (pretty limited) stomping grounds, they made no impact whatsoever on a national level, issuing four singles on small labels (most of them with producer Ed Cobb, who also handled the Standells and the Chocolate Watch Band). Certainly they were a promising outfit, capable of offering strong original material (most of which, oddly, was penned by a friend who wasn't in the band, Larry Hosford). They didn't have enough time to convert that promise into truly significant work, however. They disbanded in 1967, when their carefully executed pop/rock was falling out of fashion in California, in favor of psychedelia.  
                                                                  

Taking notice of the group's notoriety, a friend of the band and occasional backup guitarist, Larry Hosford, offered the E-Types two of his own self-penned songs "I Can't Do It" and "Long Before" for their debut single. After the single was released on Link Records, it achieved considerable airplay, and

came to the attention of Dot Records, which distributed it nationally on its own label. The E-Types' next single "She Moves Me", recorded with producer Ed Cobb and released on Sunburst Records, also received some spins on the radio, which was followed by the group's performance of the song on Dick Clark's Where the Action Is. Its B-side, "Love of the Loved", is a cover version of an early Lennon-McCartney composition, demoed by the Beatles, but never officially released by the Fab Four until the release of the I Saw Her Standing There compilation album in 1992.
                                                         

In 1967, the E-Types released their third single "Put the Clock Back on the Wall", a regionally favorite song which received national airplay. Penned by songwriters Alan Gordon and Gary Bonner (best known for writing "Happy Together" by the Turtles"), "Put the Clock Back on the Wall" is described by critic Beverly Paterson as a psychedelic pop classic "bristled with tight orchestration, circled by the E-Types' signature pitch of right on choruses"
In 1995, Sundazed Records released Introducing...The E-Types, an album which contains released material, demos, and live performances. Bob Wence, Monigold, and Shaffer arranged a reunion tour in 1998, and released the studio album Chase the Moon later in the year.

INTRODUCING...THE E-TYPES

                                                  

Twenty-two tracks, including both sides of their four singles and previously unissued demos, outtakes, and live performances. The four singles are legimitately fine finds if you collect obscure '60s pop-

garage. "Long Before," "I Can't Do It," and "Put the Clock Back on the Wall" are outstanding, and the cover of Lennon-McCartney's "Love of the Loved" (which the Beatles never officially released themselves) rates as one of the best unknown Beatle covers of the '60s. Most of the rest of this archival compilation is padding, though, consisting largely of faithful British Invasion covers and some outtakes that are markedly inferior to their singles. It's an enjoyable listen for collectors of mid-'60s rock, boasting considerably more pop-oriented material and accomplished production than the garage norm. But it couldn't be considered in the top drawer of this sort of thing.[By Richie Unterberger]

The E-Types – Introducing ... The E-Types
Label: Sundazed Music – SC 11026
Format:    CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1995
Genre: Rock
Style: Garage Rock, Pop Rock

TRAXS

                                                

01. I Can't Do It
(Written-By – L. Hosford)  2:33
02. The Love Of The Loved
(Written-By – Lennon-McCartney)  2:14
03. Live
(Written-By – E. Rhodes)  2:35
04. Put The Clock Back On The Wall
(Written-By – A. Gordon, G. Bonner)  2:45
05. Big City
(Written-By – J. Walsh)  3:06
06. She Moves Me
(Written-By – E. Cobb)  2:29
07. Back To Me
(Written-By – C. Williams, R. Barlow)  2:48
08. No Milk Today
(Written-By – G. Gouldman)  2:48
09. 4th Street
(Written-By – R. Barlow)  2:47
10. Long Before
(Written-By – L. Hosford)  2:46
11. A Clown's No Good
(Written-By – E. Rhodes)  2:37
12. Wait (Live)
(Written-By – Lennon-McCartney)  2:05
13. Evil Hearted You (Live)
(Written-By – G. Gouldman)  2:19
14. Mr. You're A Better Man Than I (Live)
(Written-By – M. Hugg)  3:18
15. Shape Of Things (Live)
(Written-By – J. McCarty, K. Relf, P. Samwell-Smith)  2:28
16. Things We Said Today (Demo)
(Written-By – Lennon-McCartney)  2:34
17. Still In Love With You Baby (Demo)
(Written-By – R. Elliott)  2:18
18. Just A Little (Demo)
(Written-By – B. Durand, R. Elliott)  2:23
19. Let's Not Talk About It (Demo)
(Written-By – L. Hosford)  1:42
20. It's Better Than I Planned (Demo)
(Written-By – D. Shephard, L. Hosford)  2:05
21. I Can't Do It (Demo)
(Written-By – L. Hosford)  2:37
22. Don't Turn Your Back On Me (Demo)
(Written-By – J. DeShannon)  1:59

Bass – Danny Monigold
Drums – Reggie Shaffer
Guitar – Don Shephard
Keyboards – Jody Wence
Mixed By, Mastered By – Bob Irwin, Kip Smith
Producer – Ed Cobb (tracks: 2 to 9), Leo de Gar Kulka (tracks: 1, 10), The E-Types (tracks: 11, 16 to 22)
Recorded By – Neil Hopper (tracks: 12 to 15)
Vocals, Guitar – Bob Wence

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