Clive Chin
Clive Chin is a legendary
Jamaican record producer who's work includes seminal recordings by
The Wailers, Dennis Brown,
Lee Perry and
Black Uhuru, among others. He began working at Randy's Record Store, his father's business, and began helping 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. 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 (see 1998 in music).