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GET /v2/plays/3598869/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS
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{
    "id": 3598869,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3598869/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-01-01T15:19:27-08:00",
    "show": 65533,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65533/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "",
    "thumbnail_uri": "",
    "song": "Dance to the Music",
    "track_id": "3fd1330b-3825-395c-8d1b-4762f88da49e",
    "recording_id": "fe76d5f8-dc3b-4b8c-89cc-9f4d810150e8",
    "artist": "Sly & the Family Stone",
    "artist_ids": [
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    ],
    "album": "Dance to the Music",
    "release_id": "b59298f4-7131-48e7-9cdc-f5ad8cff3e89",
    "release_group_id": "0e3c99d0-cd2a-3fa0-a874-fd9ff97cd72b",
    "labels": [
        "Epic"
    ],
    "label_ids": [
        "8f638ddb-131a-4cc3-b3d4-7ebdac201b55"
    ],
    "release_date": "1968-01-01",
    "rotation_status": "Library",
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "Sly Stone was concerned their first album A Whole New Thing hadn’t sold well because it was too complex. So for their next song, he wanted a hit.\n\nI had an idea in mind with the catchiest melody, the most obvious rhythm, and the simplest words.\n--\n\nThis song was a showcase for the different elements going on in the band. Drummer Greg Errico: “Sly wrote a song about dancing to the music, but he also injected some of the attributes that the band had—the vocal thing, the black/white/male/female thing. A little vocal breakdown, a drum breakdown, Larry Graham’s bass and Freddie Stone’s guitar, plus the horns—and to show we’re dancing and having fun together.”",
    "location": 1,
    "location_name": "Default",
    "play_type": "trackplay"
}