Look come, run see, has arrived! in 1968 as excitedly exclaimed. But that was in Kingston town, and it's only now, courtesy of , that finally , an exuberant homage to the early scene and everything that made it great. Even in its earliest years, quickly embraced a diversity of sounds, both indigenous and American, but each driven by the genre's jerky rhythms and rough and tumble basslines. magnificently showcase almost all of the sub-styles across 15 vocal and instrumental cuts here. We'll start with the biggest and baddest of the bunch, the organ blazing, DJ-fired international hitmakers . pays superb tribute to this chart-topping duo. , too, was gaining attention abroad with a series of sizzling, awe-inspiring productions, the fabulous captures the flavor of his and the and -led work. Of course, the British weren't entirely dependent on Jamaican artists, homegrown talent like also provided the soundtrack for innumerable skinhead parties, with tipping a porkpie hat to them with their anthemic skanker But even as the skins booted away the mods, in the U.K. lingered on, and artists like , and the underrated occasionally crossed into that scene with fabulous -laced singles. These Jamaican artists were all indebted to the U.S. scene, with artists particularly influential, and pay their respects to this scene as well, with the likes of and the -esque In Jamaica, vocal groups still reigned supreme, some laced, as illustrates, others drenched in dulcet harmony, like or , who both receive a nod on the lovely and the lush respectively. inevitably left its imprint on the scene as well, and a clutch of numbers note that fact, including the styled singalong the party starts here title track, and the glorious instrumental version on the riddim, weren't really the first to introduce , although by the time most Californians met the style, it had already evolved into the more downbeat, conscious roots. In its original form, was highly energetic, bouncy and breezy, and the band capture its exuberance and light-heartedness in all its glory. An album that swaggers right off the grooves, and so full of fun that it's a party in itself. ~ Jo-Ann Greene