The Yardbirds remain one of the truly legendary and influential bands of the sixties. Responsible for hit records such as Still I'm Sad, Shapes Of Things, Heart full Of Soul and For Your Love not to mention the classic albums Five Live Yardbirds and Roger The Engineer the band is also remembered for the three guitarists who graced the band between the years 1963 and 1968. Eric Clapton followed by Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page all recorded and performed their guitar magic with this band. Founded in Surrey in 1963 by Paul Samwell-Smith, Chris Dreja, Keith Relf, Jim McCarty and Anthony "Top" Topham the band soon moved beyond their early primitive efforts and Topham was replaced by Eric Clapton Shortly after the band replaced the Rolling Stones at the famous R'n'B club the Crawdaddy Club. The band became the backing band for man visiting blues musicians including Sonny Boy Williamson with whom they cut their first record. The best representation of the band at this period was the live album Five Live Yardbirds released in 1964. Despite the bands love of R'n'B however they were pressured into a more pop direction which horrified the purist Clapton.