Clive Chin
Place of Birth: Kingston, Jamaica
Date of Birth: 14 May, 1954
Ethnicity: Jamaican [African, Chinese]
Clive Chin is a Jamaican record producer. He was a pioneer in the establishment of dub as a standalone musical form. He oversaw recordings by top 1970s reggae performers and producers the Wailers, Tommy McCook, Alton Ellis, Lee Perry, Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, and Black Uhuru. He also ran a Jamaican restaurant in Queens, New York City, New York, U.S.
Clive is the son of Patricia and record producer and entrepreneur Randy Chin (born Vincent G. Chin). His family ran Randy’s Record Store, and upstairs studio, Randy’s Studio 17, where Clive prospered as a producer.
I read somewhere that he is 75% Chinese, 18.75% Afro- Jamaican and 6.25% Irish.
I’m pretty sure that it is Clive Chin’s parents,
[copy and paste the link] to see pictures during Clive’s interview with reggae-vibes, and it looks like same picture in the youtube clip.
http://www.reggae-vibes.com/concert/clivechin/clivechin.htm
Oh by the way how are you ethnic, hope you are well, T xxx
Tribe, Ive been fine. how about you?
thanks for the great link btw!
Chins mother looks full Chinese while his father appears to be Asian and African. would you agree with me on that?
I’ve been great very busy, i agree on your observations, it would be interesting to know what ethnicity his parents were.
Take care ethnic and keep up the good work, T xxx
I was reading the http://www.reggae-vibes.com/concert/clivechin/clivechin.htm interview with Clive Chin. He said his grandfather was from mainland China, but coming to Kingston, Jamaica is where he met Clive’s grandmother–an Irish-African woman. But I guess that still doesn’t tell us his full heritage. This is tricky …
And the comment he gave where his grandfather’s surname was Chin-Sang, but Clive only had Chin has his surname? What’s that about?
@ 2:24 on this Utube clip is a black and white picture of Clive Chin’s parents.
hmm interesting. but are you sure thats his parents?