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GET /v2/plays/3638165/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
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{
    "id": 3638165,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638165/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-04-05T12:02:48-07:00",
    "show": 66374,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66374/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "https://ia601903.us.archive.org/33/items/mbid-9bf639b4-c2b1-461f-8f77-557a51c25e35/mbid-9bf639b4-c2b1-461f-8f77-557a51c25e35-39555511874_thumb500.jpg",
    "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710009.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-9bf639b4-c2b1-461f-8f77-557a51c25e35/mbid-9bf639b4-c2b1-461f-8f77-557a51c25e35-39555511874_thumb250.jpg",
    "song": "Expansions",
    "track_id": "767d9cb9-9649-35b2-8a67-5da3b9d9d78f",
    "recording_id": "d51423a0-2b9a-479a-9f59-7e292529cc8b",
    "artist": "Lonnie Liston Smith",
    "artist_ids": [
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    ],
    "album": "Flying Funk (Ultra Heavy & Rare Funk)",
    "release_id": "9bf639b4-c2b1-461f-8f77-557a51c25e35",
    "release_group_id": "dbff05ef-3170-3d39-88a8-6a0bb8cd0dca",
    "labels": [
        "Bluebird"
    ],
    "label_ids": [
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    ],
    "release_date": "2003-01-01",
    "rotation_status": null,
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "Smith played in Pharoah Sanders's band and carried that spiritual jazz foundation into a more groove-oriented, accessible jazz-funk sound.\n\n\"Expansions\" can be found on the album of the same name, released in 1975. \n\nhttps://www.jazzisdead.com/lonnielistonsmith\nIG: @lonnielistonsmith",
    "location": 1,
    "location_name": "Default",
    "play_type": "trackplay"
}