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GET /v2/plays/3640693/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 3640693,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3640693/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-04-11T10:18:56-07:00",
    "show": 66424,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66424/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/5e84747c-83d3-4c84-9346-f8d0408fbc83/20319542331-500.jpg",
    "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/5e84747c-83d3-4c84-9346-f8d0408fbc83/20319542331-250.jpg",
    "song": "Zion Gate Dub",
    "track_id": null,
    "recording_id": "9e91fca4-8a17-4de7-b4c1-8e3475512293",
    "artist": "King Tubby",
    "artist_ids": [
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    ],
    "album": "30 Years Of Dub Music On The Go",
    "release_id": null,
    "release_group_id": "f580df83-3d53-420e-889d-2f61b3010bc1",
    "labels": [],
    "label_ids": [],
    "release_date": "1993-01-01",
    "rotation_status": null,
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "King Tubby (Osbourne Ruddock, 1941–1989) was a pioneering Jamaican sound engineer and producer who revolutionized music in the 1960s/70s by inventing dub. Operating from Waterhouse, Kingston, he used his electronics expertise to transform mixing boards into instruments, creating early remixes, heavy bass, and echo-laden soundscapes.",
    "location": 1,
    "location_name": "Default",
    "play_type": "trackplay"
}