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GET /v2/plays/3640686/?format=api
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{
    "id": 3640686,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3640686/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-04-11T09:54:52-07:00",
    "show": 66424,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66424/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/ac29f926-d13a-4953-a19f-8e82b4692a72/15830333372-500.jpg",
    "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/ac29f926-d13a-4953-a19f-8e82b4692a72/15830333372-250.jpg",
    "song": "Soldier and Police War",
    "track_id": null,
    "recording_id": "8f3b3fa7-4aea-4d4c-a5f2-dae1b4dd71c3",
    "artist": "Jah Lion",
    "artist_ids": [
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    ],
    "album": "Police & Thieves",
    "release_id": null,
    "release_group_id": "b9678b82-d566-3c5e-bc55-bae400cd63de",
    "labels": [],
    "label_ids": [],
    "release_date": "1977-04-01",
    "rotation_status": null,
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "Sampling Junior Murvin's (Lee \"Scratch\" Perry produced) classic \"Police & Thieves\", which The Clash of course also went on to cover.\n\nJamaican reggae singer, deejay and producer, Jah Lion (Jah Lloyd) was also known under the monikers of The Black Lion of Judah, and Jah Ali",
    "location": 1,
    "location_name": "Default",
    "play_type": "trackplay"
}