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GET /v2/plays/3636773/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 3636773,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3636773/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-04-02T06:37:11-07:00",
    "show": 66343,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66343/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "https://dn711003.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-653688c3-da34-41a9-a9ad-3c0d836c65b1/mbid-653688c3-da34-41a9-a9ad-3c0d836c65b1-19798123552_thumb500.jpg",
    "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn711003.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-653688c3-da34-41a9-a9ad-3c0d836c65b1/mbid-653688c3-da34-41a9-a9ad-3c0d836c65b1-19798123552_thumb250.jpg",
    "song": "Rocket #9",
    "track_id": "12624722-17be-4796-b370-17f77dc928a7",
    "recording_id": "e00de2ce-1159-4f17-bf45-2d2819930315",
    "artist": "The Sun Ra Arkestra",
    "artist_ids": [
        "d9733f21-71d7-4fa7-813d-67eca0f0eaaf"
    ],
    "album": "The Singles",
    "release_id": "653688c3-da34-41a9-a9ad-3c0d836c65b1",
    "release_group_id": "47bedb3c-8f00-3503-b28d-36b87a3dff35",
    "labels": [
        "Evidence"
    ],
    "label_ids": [
        "7938563f-f10a-444d-9475-e24741fbc2cc"
    ],
    "release_date": "1996-09-24",
    "rotation_status": "Library",
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "For David in Philly...Originally recorded in 1960, \"Rocket #9\" is a foundational piece of \"Afrofuturism\" that follows a spacecraft’s journey to Venus and Jupiter. The track features a signature monotone chant and vocal sound effects like \"Zoom! Zoom! Zoom!\" alongside a legendary tenor sax solo by John Gilmore.",
    "location": 1,
    "location_name": "Default",
    "play_type": "trackplay"
}