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GET /v2/plays/3638129/?format=api
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{
    "id": 3638129,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638129/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-04-05T09:56:37-07:00",
    "show": 66373,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66373/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "https://dn710207.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-a00cc2a8-88ff-4eaa-9ab4-d1c4732f00cb/mbid-a00cc2a8-88ff-4eaa-9ab4-d1c4732f00cb-38033864132_thumb500.jpg",
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    "song": "Like a Ship",
    "track_id": "91163c37-ce3c-4859-8826-2b2d1de67e62",
    "recording_id": "af8c95e9-25c9-4526-b884-296019bb59d3",
    "artist": "Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir",
    "artist_ids": [
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    ],
    "album": "Like a Ship... (Without a Sail)",
    "release_id": "482a21e6-4ca4-4833-96ee-29b8a70c26b4",
    "release_group_id": "3c288122-77b1-402e-800d-1aff71f092aa",
    "labels": [
        "Light in the Attic Records"
    ],
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    ],
    "release_date": "2010-01-01",
    "rotation_status": "Library",
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "\"Like a Ship\" was recorded in 1971 by a 27-year-old pastor and an after-school program choir. The Youth for Christ choir was a 40-member ensemble of kids ages 12-19. \n\nThe Chicago pastor drew the likes of Earth, Wind & Fire and Donny Hathaway to his sermons at Mount Zion Baptist Church.",
    "location": 1,
    "location_name": "Default",
    "play_type": "trackplay"
}