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.

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".

[1] 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.

and the Mysterians, Paul Revere and the Raiders, and Jefferson Airplane, while breaking an attendance record at Santa Cruz's Coconut Grove (later broken again by the Everly Brothers).

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".