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GET /v2/plays/3638301/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 3638301,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638301/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-04-05T18:24:38-07:00",
    "show": 66376,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66376/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/32d47183-0b0c-4250-9842-e6f3e5b33da1/28148940230-500.jpg",
    "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/32d47183-0b0c-4250-9842-e6f3e5b33da1/28148940230-250.jpg",
    "song": "The Breakdown, Part 1",
    "track_id": null,
    "recording_id": "79f31e87-fde3-4dfe-a9a9-2cd125ab2aad",
    "artist": "Rufus Thomas",
    "artist_ids": [
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    ],
    "album": "The Stax Story",
    "release_id": null,
    "release_group_id": "47cf4fbd-2f62-3867-968b-ecb4f17ebbde",
    "labels": [
        "Stax"
    ],
    "label_ids": [],
    "release_date": "2000-01-01",
    "rotation_status": null,
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "Rufus Thomas originally released the two-part \"The Breakdown\" in 1971, but you can find the track on Stax's 2000 re-release compilation The Stax Story.\n\nRhythm & blues and soul singer and songwriter Rufus Thomas enjoyed his biggest successes while signed to the Stax label during the 1960s and early 1970s. His best known song is Walking The Dog (1963), later covered by artists such as The Rolling Stones and Aerosmith.",
    "location": 1,
    "location_name": "Default",
    "play_type": "trackplay"
}