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Clive Chin (born 14 May 1954 in
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.
Chin's first major commercial success was "Java", an international hit by Augustus Pablo. 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''. Chin produced the ''Java Java Dub'' album in 1973, which he claims was the first ever dub album. Further local hits followed with Carl Malcolm's "Miss Wire Waist" and "Fattie Bum Bum", which, with the help of
''The story of Randy's'' video
Discography at Discogs
Jamaican record producers Jamaican people of Chinese descent American people of Chinese descent 21st-century African-American people Jamaican reggae musicians Living people People from Kingston, Jamaica 1954 births Hakka musicians {{reggae-musician-stub
Kingston, Jamaica
Kingston is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long spit (landform), sand spit which connects the town of Por ...
) is a Hakka
The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka-speaking Chinese, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China ...
Chinese Jamaican record producer
A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensu ...
whose work includes recordings by The Wailers, Dennis Brown
Dennis Emmanuel Brown CD (1 February 1957 – 1 July 1999) was a Jamaican reggae singer. During his prolific career, which began in the late 1960s when he was aged eleven, he recorded more than 75 albums and was one of the major stars of l ...
, Lee Perry and Black Uhuru, among others. Chin was a pioneer in the establishment of dub as a standalone musical form. He is the eldest son of Vincent "Randy" Chin.
Biography
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.
Chin's first major commercial success was "Java", an international hit by Augustus Pablo. 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''. Chin produced the ''Java Java Dub'' album in 1973, which he claims was the first ever dub album. Further local hits followed with Carl Malcolm's "Miss Wire Waist" and "Fattie Bum Bum", which, with the help of Jonathan King
Jonathan King (born Kenneth George King; 6 December 1944) is an English singer, songwriter and record producer. He first came to prominence in 1965 when "Everyone's Gone to the Moon", a song that he wrote and sang while still an undergraduate, ...
, became a UK chart hit in 1975, reaching number 8.
After his family business moved to New York City, Chin spent some fifteen years running a Jamaican restaurant in Queens
Queens is the largest by area of the Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. Located near the western end of Long Island, it is bordered by the ...
. He began producing again in 1998. In 2007, Chin started a VP Records
VP Records is an independent Caribbean-owned record label in Queens, New York. The label is known for releasing music by notable artists in reggae, dancehall and soca. VP Records has offices in New York City, Miami, London, Kingston, Tokyo, ...
imprint, 17 North Parade, to reissue some of the historic Randy's releases.
References
External links
''The story of Randy's'' video
Discography at Discogs
Jamaican record producers Jamaican people of Chinese descent American people of Chinese descent 21st-century African-American people Jamaican reggae musicians Living people People from Kingston, Jamaica 1954 births Hakka musicians {{reggae-musician-stub