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GET /v2/plays/3628126/?format=api
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{
    "id": 3628126,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3628126/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-03-12T14:31:37-07:00",
    "show": 66162,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66162/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "https://dn710907.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-a8e2b54c-fa39-4dd4-8704-bb72c7d15590/mbid-a8e2b54c-fa39-4dd4-8704-bb72c7d15590-3419664797_thumb500.jpg",
    "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710907.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-a8e2b54c-fa39-4dd4-8704-bb72c7d15590/mbid-a8e2b54c-fa39-4dd4-8704-bb72c7d15590-3419664797_thumb250.jpg",
    "song": "Hey Ladies",
    "track_id": "4bb33ccf-f02f-31f6-ad4d-6f8df93e1c88",
    "recording_id": "03cc8612-0a03-416f-9b49-cde52cfd8762",
    "artist": "Beastie Boys",
    "artist_ids": [
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    ],
    "album": "Paul’s Boutique",
    "release_id": "a8e2b54c-fa39-4dd4-8704-bb72c7d15590",
    "release_group_id": "b534aa01-d621-31ba-9278-38a500e3cdca",
    "labels": [
        "BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.",
        "Capitol Records"
    ],
    "label_ids": [
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        "abea2d3e-eabf-4480-ab24-9382dd642c73"
    ],
    "release_date": "1989-01-01",
    "rotation_status": null,
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "This tune sampled multiple elements of \"Machine Gun\" by the Commodores. \n\n It also uses bits of \"Jungle Boogie\" by Kool and the Gang, \"Shake your Pants\" by Cameo, and \"Hey DJ\" by Malcolm McLaren and the World Famous Supreme Team (the \"get funky\" line) and many more. \n--\nThe \"Hey Ladies\" line come from Kurtis Blow on his 1983 cut \"Party Time.\"",
    "location": 1,
    "location_name": "Default",
    "play_type": "trackplay"
}