If they existed solely as the breeding ground for the soundly influential triumvirate of Page, Beck and Clapton, the Yardbirds would be still be constantly memorialized. The fact that they were, on their own, one of the few British Invasion bands that mattered makes praise absolutely essential. Known primarily for hits like "For Your Love" and "Heart Full of Soul," the Yardbirds were an amalgamation of feedback, Chicago Blues, amplification, and psychedelia. They were rock's first Hard Rock band (just listen to "Stroll On"). Of course we know Clapton split early, Beck eventually went nuts, and Page took to wearing cloaks onstage. But before all that, the Yardbirds were "Smokestack Lightning" and knowing that white boys could play the blues.

BEST OF THE YARDBIRDS	EVIL HEARTED YOU	FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY	FIVE LIVE YARDBIRDS
HAVING A RAVE UP WITH...	HEART FULL OF SOUL/STEELED BLUES	LEGEND OF THE YARDBIRDS (GERMAN I	LITTLE GAMES SESSIONS&MORE
LIVE BLUESWAILING!	OVER UNDER SIDEWAYS DOWN	ROGER THE ENGINEER	SHAPES OF THINGS BOMP'77 CLEAR/VINYL 2/LP
STILL I'M SAD / I'M A MAN	VERY BEST OF THE YARDBIRDS	YARDBIRDS	The Yardbirds Story
Eric Clapton & The Yardbirds	The Yardbirds, Volume 1: Smokestack Lightning	The Best of British Rock	Having a Rave Up
Shapes of Things: A Collection of Classic Yardbirds Recordings, 1964-1966	Live! Blueswailing July '64	The Blues Collection 14: Eric Clapton and The Yardbirds	Midnite Jazz & Blues: Tribute to Elmore
Little Games	The Yardbirds: Featuring Performances by Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page	The Blues Collection 11: Soaring Sounds	Shapes of Things: The Very Best Of
The Best of the Yardbirds	Where the Action Is!	Studio Sessions 1964-67	I Wish You Would / A Certain Girl
The Yardbirds	Good Morning Little Schoolgirl / I Ain't Got You	Boom Boom / Honey on Your Hips	Happenings Ten Years Time Ago / Psycho Daisies
Live at B.B. King Blues Club	Rave Up With The Yardbirds	Ultimate!	Live Yardbirds! featuring Jimmy Page
Cumular Limit	On Air: Original BBC Recordings	Over Under Sideways Down / Jeff's Boogie	Mister Slowhand (disc 1: Eric Clapton & The Yardbirds Live)
The Very Best of the Yardbirds	The Yardbirds Greatest Hits	London 1963: The First Recordings!	London Time
Blues, Backtracks and Shapes of Things	Shapes of Things (disc 3)	Over, Under, Sideways, Down	Live at Marquee Club, London March 1964
Straight Five	Good Morning Little Schoolgirl	Live Yardbirds 1968 (feat. Jimmy Page)	Little Games Sessions & More
Cumular Limit Sessions	America '66	Psycho Blues: The Best Collection of the Yardbirds 1963-1966	The Yardbirds (feat. Eric Clapton & Jeff Beck)
The Yardbirds With Eric Clapton	Greatest Hits, Volume One (1964-1966)