Editing Clive Chin

{{Short description|Jamaica Music Producer}}
{{Use Jamaican English|date=January 2015}}
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'''Clive Chin''' (born 14 May 1954 in [[Kingston, Jamaica]]) is a [[Hakka people|Hakka]] Chinese Jamaican [[record producer]] whose work includes recordings by [[The Wailers (1963-1974 band)|The Wailers]], [[Dennis Brown]], [[Lee "Scratch" Perry|Lee Perry]] and [[Black Uhuru]], among others. Chin was a pioneer in the establishment of [[dub music|dub]] as a standalone musical form.<ref name=AllMuStew>{{cite web |last=Stewart |first=Ric |title=Clive Chin Biography |website=[[AllMusic]] |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/clive-chin-mn0000788221#biography}}</ref> He is the eldest son of [[Vincent "Randy" Chin]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Meschino |first=Patricia |date=November 26, 2014 |title=Reggae Pioneer Miss Pat Chin of VP Records Celebrates 35 Years in the U.S |magazine=Billboard |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6327824/reggae-miss-pat-chin-vp-records-35-years-america |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250202224731/https://www.billboard.com/pro/reggae-miss-pat-chin-vp-records-35-years-america/ |archive-date=February 2, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Biography==
[[File:Randys.jpg|thumb|right|200px|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 Recording Studio|Randy's Studio 17]], one of the most important Jamaican studios of the early 1970s.<ref name=AllMuStew/>

Chin's first major commercial success was "Java", an international hit by [[Augustus Pablo]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Greene |first=Jo-Ann |title=Augustus Pablo Biography |website=[[AllMusic]] |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/augustus-pablo-mn0000052151#biography}}</ref> 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]]''.<ref name="Larkin">{{Cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae |year=1998 |pages=55–56 |publisher=[[Virgin Books]] |isbn=0-7535-0242-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/virginencycloped0000unse_v4f7/page/55/mode/1up |author-link=Colin Larkin}}</ref> Chin produced the ''Java Java Dub'' album in 1973, which he claims was the first ever dub album.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.reggae-vibes.com/concert/clivechin/clivechin4.htm |title="Interview with Clive Chin" at ReggaeVibes.com |access-date=8 December 2007 |archive-date=15 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115194905/http://www.reggae-vibes.com/concert/clivechin/clivechin4.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref name="Larkin" />

After his family business moved to New York City, Chin spent some fifteen years running a Jamaican restaurant in [[Queens, New York City|Queens]]. He began producing again in 1998.<ref name=AllMuStew/><ref name="Larkin" /> In 2007, Chin started a [[VP Records]] imprint, 17 North Parade, to reissue some of the historic Randy's releases.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Angus |title=Interview: Clive Chin |date=5 November 2008 |url=https://unitedreggae.com/articles/n233/110508/interview-clive-chin |access-date=3 February 2025 |website=United Reggae}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.unitedreggae.com/news/n365/092608/the-story-of-randys ''The story of Randy's'' video]
*[http://www.reggae-vibes.com/concert/clivechin/clivechin.htm Interview with Clive Chin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122020449/http://www.reggae-vibes.com/concert/clivechin/clivechin.htm |date=22 November 2008 }}
*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/245786-Clive-Chin Discography at Discogs]

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[[Category:People from Kingston, Jamaica]]
[[Category:1954 births]]
[[Category:Hakka musicians]]


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