Paul Oakenfold: My six best albums - Marvin Gaye, NWA and more

PAUL OAKENFOLD, 53, is the dance DJ and producer credited with starting the rave movement in the 1980s.

10:28, Fri, Aug 25, 2017 Updated: 10:40, Fri, Aug 25, 2017

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Paul Oakenfold is credited with starting the rave movement in the 1980s

His album Generations – Three Decades Of Dance is out now and he is live at the SW4 Festival in London on Sunday. southwestfour.com

MARVIN GAYE: What’s Going On (Motown)

Even if you live in a small country like ours, you can relate to the lyrics. The soulfulness of his voice and the way he sings makes you believe in the content. It’s a record I come back to time and again.

MAZE: Joy And Pain (EMI)

A live recording by one of the first American bands I saw at the Hammersmith Odeon.

I’m a proper collector of vinyl and I still have the sealed promo copy of this.

Those early concerts I went to inspired me to want to be in the music business.

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Marvin Gaye's What's Going On is a record the DJ comes back to again and again

VANGELIS: Blade Runner (East West)

In the early 2000s I was asked to go to Hollywood and score a movie called Swordfish.

I was into film from an early age so it was a big deal for me. One of the first albums to inspire me was this.

It was a great film but it is also a powerful, standalone piece of music. I remixed it and played it in clubs.

NWA: Straight Outta Compton (EMI)

I worked a lot in the realm of hip-hop but this album moved the dial for me.

I loved how they made tracks out of samples and rhythms.

You could sense their anger and, strangely, I could relate to that because when we started the rave movement, life was tough and we were trying to find our voice.

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS: Exodus (Universal/Island)

This was the album for me as I was leaving school.

I was in a good place, working hard, with my mates around me.

You may not hear Waiting In Vain for 15 years but it will always put a smile on your face.

THE BEATLES: Live At The Hollywood Bowl (Apple)

My mum and dad always had music on.

I realised later that’s why I knew the words to all The Beatles’ songs. I’ve DJ-ed at the Hollywood Bowl and I bought this for £300 in Amsterdam.

All you can hear is girls screaming but I had to have it.