Clive Chin
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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.<ref name=AllMuStew>Template:Cite web</ref> He is the eldest son of Vincent "Randy" Chin.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Biography
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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.<ref name=AllMuStew/>
Chin's first major commercial success was "Java", an international hit by Augustus Pablo.<ref>Template:Cite web</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">Template:Cite book</ref> Chin produced the Java Java Dub album in 1973, which he claims was the first ever dub album.<ref>Template:Cite web</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. 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>Template:Cite web</ref>