Clive Chin

Clive Chin (born 14 May 1954 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Hakka Chinese Jamaican record producer whose work includes recordings by the Wailers, Dennis Brown, Lee Perry and Black Uhuru, among others. Chin was a pioneer in the establishment of dub as a standalone musical form.[1] He is the eldest son of Vincent "Randy" Chin.[2]

Biography

Randy's record shop

He began working at Randy's Record Store, his father's business, as a teenager, and helped make the associated studio, Randy's Studio 17, one of the most important Jamaican studios of the early 1970s.[1]

Chin's first major commercial success was "Java", an international hit by Augustus Pablo.[3] He had further local hits with Dennis Brown's "Cheater" and Junior Byles' "King of Babylon" and produced Pablo's debut album, This Is Augustus Pablo.[4] Chin produced the Java Java Dub album in 1973, which he claims was the first ever dub album.[5] Further local hits followed with Carl Malcolm's "Miss Wire Waist" and "Fattie Bum Bum", which, with the help of Jonathan King, became a UK chart hit in 1975, reaching number 8.[4]

After his family business moved to New York City, Chin spent some fifteen years running a Jamaican restaurant in Queens. He began producing again in 1998.[1][4] In 2007, Chin started a VP Records imprint, 17 North Parade, to reissue some of the historic Randy's releases.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c Stewart, Ric. "Clive Chin Biography". AllMusic.
  2. ^ Meschino, Patricia (26 November 2014). "Reggae Pioneer Miss Pat Chin of VP Records Celebrates 35 Years in the U.S". Billboard.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ^ Greene, Jo-Ann. "Augustus Pablo Biography". AllMusic.
  4. ^ a b c Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae. Virgin Books. pp. 55–56. ISBN 0-7535-0242-9.
  5. ^ "Interview with Clive Chin". ReggaeVibes.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2007.
  6. ^ Taylor, Angus (5 November 2008). "Interview: Clive Chin". United Reggae. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
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