Play Public List
Information about plays
list: List of plays
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GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=1400
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Yello here: https://www.electricityclub.co.uk/oh-yeah-the-legacy-of-yello/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3571884, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3571884/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-30T15:58:49-07:00", "show": 64976, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64976/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721605.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-a37ab5ed-39f4-492f-b179-bbec3643cf14/mbid-a37ab5ed-39f4-492f-b179-bbec3643cf14-16162415381_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721605.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-a37ab5ed-39f4-492f-b179-bbec3643cf14/mbid-a37ab5ed-39f4-492f-b179-bbec3643cf14-16162415381_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Horehound", "track_id": "0927b4a6-ca62-3a7d-9f2b-896f1f564301", "recording_id": "912bccb7-78aa-4626-91fe-732803471ad4", "artist": "Metal Fingers", "artist_ids": [ "2a827687-f114-46fe-9e5d-74acb7d33995" ], "album": "Special Herbs, Volume 5 & 6", "release_id": "a37ab5ed-39f4-492f-b179-bbec3643cf14", "release_group_id": "86f89a17-3899-3ca0-b844-c02f790a9ffa", "labels": [ "Nature Sounds" ], "label_ids": [ "20328bb6-97fc-45be-b665-b2929bae91cf" ], "release_date": "2004-03-23", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"Horehound\" contains samples of \"Sesame Street Theme - Arrangement #2\" by Joe Raposo, Jim Henson and Bruce Hart and \"Go Stetsa I (Remix)\" by Stetsasonic.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3571883, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3571883/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-30T15:56:15-07:00", "show": 64976, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64976/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/1810b5b3-4568-46ab-9620-bcb0ca747b6d/35204667076-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/1810b5b3-4568-46ab-9620-bcb0ca747b6d/35204667076-250.jpg", "song": "Off the Glass", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "478fb2ae-a01c-4044-ad41-0ea29fa7c24f", "artist": "Kool Keith & Real Bad Man", "artist_ids": [ "4939695e-1f38-496f-978f-4ebf9ef13e9d", "d7aee312-1a30-4012-bda8-763f8e809136" ], "album": "Serpent", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "90b27746-cb97-4dcb-8cd0-1af0cf843a31", "labels": [ "Real Bad Man Records" ], "label_ids": [ "3a973849-7ae7-4d74-bc12-5692090d1d7c" ], "release_date": "2023-03-24", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"Off the Glass' was written by Kool Keith and Adam Weissman. -- Keith likens his style to the glory days of the Seattle Supersonics!\n--\nSee almost an hour of Kool Keith in concert in 2009: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTCWWv2MogY", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3571882, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3571882/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-30T15:54:34-07:00", "show": 64976, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64976/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710002.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-bbef909f-9016-4e4a-9024-d2609a0549fb/mbid-bbef909f-9016-4e4a-9024-d2609a0549fb-30403807674_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710002.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-bbef909f-9016-4e4a-9024-d2609a0549fb/mbid-bbef909f-9016-4e4a-9024-d2609a0549fb-30403807674_thumb250.jpg", "song": "On Production", "track_id": "1c58a048-7f2a-31bd-969a-eb523da54fd8", "recording_id": "62cde00d-b661-41ea-961a-7bc6c7ddf11c", "artist": "Dr. Octagon", "artist_ids": [ "3eba5e02-780b-4acd-befb-d23a0c6708dd" ], "album": "Instrumentalyst: Octagon Beats", "release_id": "bbef909f-9016-4e4a-9024-d2609a0549fb", "release_group_id": "76bfe713-ca0a-313b-b4cc-80b150514070", "labels": [ "DreamWorks Records" ], "label_ids": [ "d4751e8e-aa7f-4670-b8a3-4a861bcffa0d" ], "release_date": "1997-04-29", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Hmm....\n\"Moving in time select consolidates separate terms growth proceeds\nBy exponential addiction to a core molecule\nArchitectic contrast, a random call, intricate final structure..\"\nHere's Sir Menelik and Kool Keith speaking \"On Production\": https://genius.com/Dr-octagon-on-production-lyrics", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3571880, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3571880/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-30T15:52:21-07:00", "show": 64976, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64976/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801904.us.archive.org/29/items/mbid-cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72/mbid-cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72-2925311149_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801904.us.archive.org/29/items/mbid-cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72/mbid-cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72-2925311149_thumb250.jpg", "song": "1977", "track_id": "db458e9d-b046-3c11-bb6a-0cb8c9757beb", "recording_id": "9f8acdf5-8b32-4a9a-bc75-6cf47e451ef8", "artist": "Dr. Octagon", "artist_ids": [ "3eba5e02-780b-4acd-befb-d23a0c6708dd" ], "album": "Dr. Octagonecologyst", "release_id": "cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72", "release_group_id": "b38e21f6-8f76-3f87-a021-e91afad9e7e5", "labels": [ "DreamWorks Records" ], "label_ids": [ "d4751e8e-aa7f-4670-b8a3-4a861bcffa0d" ], "release_date": "1997-04-29", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"1977\" sampled the hook from Rufus Thomas's 1971 \"Do the Funky Penguin.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3571881, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3571881/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-30T15:50:37-07:00", "show": 64976, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64976/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/fb03342b-4c4a-41a8-ba4a-bb7760af4e08/16635913542-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/fb03342b-4c4a-41a8-ba4a-bb7760af4e08/16635913542-250.jpg", "song": "Do the Funky Penguin, Part 1", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "e6cb11bd-7b92-4ecf-98d9-bdffe121eb7c", "artist": "Rufus Thomas", "artist_ids": [ "af1f46fe-903c-4bbf-8e20-a3e114343bd0" ], "album": "Did You Heard Me?", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "643a247c-af57-339e-bc48-fdc16223731a", "labels": [ "King of Diggin’" ], "label_ids": [ "0e7c7e57-ff76-4e90-9045-2b9cd2345853" ], "release_date": "1972-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "This was Rufus Thomas's attempt to follow up on his classic \"Do the Funky Chicken.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3571879, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3571879/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-30T15:46:58-07:00", "show": 64976, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64976/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia601904.us.archive.org/29/items/mbid-cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72/mbid-cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72-2925311149_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801904.us.archive.org/29/items/mbid-cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72/mbid-cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72-2925311149_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Waiting List (DJ Shadow / Automator mix)", "track_id": "29ec60b9-a9e3-3213-a602-dee49cd45ab5", "recording_id": "4484d5e5-8b0c-4d6c-a75f-6d3fc96a9df8", "artist": "Dr. Octagon", "artist_ids": [ "3eba5e02-780b-4acd-befb-d23a0c6708dd" ], "album": "Dr. Octagonecologyst", "release_id": "cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72", "release_group_id": "b38e21f6-8f76-3f87-a021-e91afad9e7e5", "labels": [ "DreamWorks Records" ], "label_ids": [ "d4751e8e-aa7f-4670-b8a3-4a861bcffa0d" ], "release_date": "1997-04-29", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"Waiting List\" contains samples of \"Call to Awareness\" by Hubert Eaves III, \"Do a Thing\" by Herbie Hancock, \"Rainmaker\" by Harry Nilsson and \"Go See the Doctor\" by Kool Moe Dee.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3571878, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3571878/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-30T15:42:41-07:00", "show": 64976, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64976/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Do a Thing", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "4dc14c82-ec62-44f9-b8d0-62db9bb1e69a", "artist": "Herbie Hancock", "artist_ids": [ "27613b78-1b9d-4ec3-9db5-fa0743465fdd" ], "album": "Death Wish", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "a5783383-bc63-3319-b681-2ea87c588ddf", "labels": [ "Columbia" ], "label_ids": [ "011d1192-6f65-45bd-85c4-0400dd45693e" ], "release_date": "1974-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The hook on this tune was sampled for Dr, Octagon's \"Waiting List.\" \n--\nThis was part of the soundtrack for Dino De Laurentiis's 1974 film, \"Death Wish.\" Herbie Hancock is credited for: piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hohner D-6 Clavinet, ARP Odyssey, ARP Soloist, ARP 2600, ARP String Ensemble, conductor, arranger", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3571877, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3571877/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-30T15:40:05-07:00", "show": 64976, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64976/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/69491725-0a82-4545-814d-69e7f511428d/14878182392-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/69491725-0a82-4545-814d-69e7f511428d/14878182392-250.jpg", "song": "Rainmaker", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "b744225a-4e11-4553-af3d-cdd1d2b14c2f", "artist": "Nilsson", "artist_ids": [ "e5963d26-01fa-40f5-b200-e0127f410a45" ], "album": "Harry", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "d109b3d4-d34e-337a-9e8e-85938de90ae4", "labels": [ "RCA" ], "label_ids": [ "1ca5ed29-e00b-4ea5-b817-0bcca0e04946" ], "release_date": "1969-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "This song samples the traditional folk song, \"Rain, Rain, Go Away.\" It's been sampled many times, including by Dr. Octagon in \"Waiting List.\"\n--", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3571876, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3571876/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-30T15:34:30-07:00", "show": 64976, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64976/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801904.us.archive.org/29/items/mbid-cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72/mbid-cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72-2925311149_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801904.us.archive.org/29/items/mbid-cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72/mbid-cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72-2925311149_thumb250.jpg", "song": "halfsharkalligatorhalfman", "track_id": "80415c73-8ec3-3670-b692-c6290898e802", "recording_id": "eff5162b-9956-428d-91e3-2d26d63e2426", "artist": "Dr. Octagon", "artist_ids": [ "3eba5e02-780b-4acd-befb-d23a0c6708dd" ], "album": "Dr. Octagonecologyst", "release_id": "cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72", "release_group_id": "b38e21f6-8f76-3f87-a021-e91afad9e7e5", "labels": [ "DreamWorks Records" ], "label_ids": [ "d4751e8e-aa7f-4670-b8a3-4a861bcffa0d" ], "release_date": "1997-04-29", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The original version featured a sampled intro skit, but the second version’s intro was done by “the dangerous 20-year-old uncle of Dr. Octagon\"—Mr. Gerbik. Mr. Gerbik is a dangerous hybrid of a man: \"half-shark, half-man, [with] skin like alligator.”", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3571875, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3571875/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-30T15:33:29-07:00", "show": 64976, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64976/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "C'Est La Chanson de Mon Amour", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "63114bee-15b7-476f-90b7-1414beea568b", "artist": "Paul Mauriat", "artist_ids": [ "87496c04-c857-4bd5-b86b-345129a1be63" ], "album": "The Godfather", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "589bd2af-385c-4633-9180-cd6b5550a73c", "labels": [ "Philips" ], "label_ids": [ "6d38d6d2-bea8-46cf-b48e-a6195fd85f12" ], "release_date": "1972-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The song C'est la chanson de mon amour was written by Catherine Desage and Verónique Müller and was first released by Véronique Müller in 1972. The hook in Paul Mauriat's version was sampled by Dr. Octagon in \"halfsharkalligatorhalfman.\"\n--\nDan the Automator also sampled this song for his song \"Sleep\" on the \"A Better Tomorrow EP.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3571874, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3571874/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-30T15:32:43-07:00", "show": 64976, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64976/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/aba6b4a9-e503-4ff4-bd87-ab6a150a265d/19607387174-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/aba6b4a9-e503-4ff4-bd87-ab6a150a265d/19607387174-250.jpg", "song": "Is Anyone There", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "8516f614-6388-4505-8ea9-10c0c19951ff", "artist": "Hookfoot", "artist_ids": [ "ea17f2c1-8102-4a7d-b614-16ea67aa411d" ], "album": "Good Times A' Comin'", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "2ee50680-7d8f-423d-b385-fbfc0d781c58", "labels": [ "Air Mail Archive" ], "label_ids": [ "edf6fc4b-977a-4b86-a72c-b719c8aa234d" ], "release_date": "2010-07-29", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Wow, the drums on this song have been sampled nearly 50 times, including by Dr. Octagon for \"halfsharkalligatorhalfman.\"\n--\nHookfoot was an English band, active from 1969-1974. They may be best known as Elton John's backing musicians on his early recordings.: https://www.last.fm/music/Hookfoot/+wiki", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3571873, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3571873/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-30T15:31:46-07:00", "show": 64976, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64976/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia601904.us.archive.org/29/items/mbid-cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72/mbid-cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72-2925311149_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801904.us.archive.org/29/items/mbid-cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72/mbid-cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72-2925311149_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Elective Surgery", "track_id": "ed001d5b-f3f8-3a86-92e1-c3a4779d82fe", "recording_id": "172bbc0f-1193-4177-9a39-f9942d1f4883", "artist": "Dr. Octagon", "artist_ids": [ "3eba5e02-780b-4acd-befb-d23a0c6708dd" ], "album": "Dr. Octagonecologyst", "release_id": "cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72", "release_group_id": "b38e21f6-8f76-3f87-a021-e91afad9e7e5", "labels": [ "DreamWorks Records" ], "label_ids": [ "d4751e8e-aa7f-4670-b8a3-4a861bcffa0d" ], "release_date": "1997-04-29", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"You have ptomaine poisoning on your tongue. Say, \"Ahh.\": https://genius.com/Dr-octagon-elective-surgery-lyrics", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3571872, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3571872/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-30T15:27:47-07:00", "show": 64976, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64976/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia601904.us.archive.org/29/items/mbid-cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72/mbid-cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72-2925311149_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia601904.us.archive.org/29/items/mbid-cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72/mbid-cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72-2925311149_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Wild and Crazy", "track_id": "b539037e-53bc-338c-8545-11e8d8134c9c", "recording_id": "6e23f9ea-ef9d-4984-a989-2be1bcfa1a27", "artist": "Dr. Octagon", "artist_ids": [ "3eba5e02-780b-4acd-befb-d23a0c6708dd" ], "album": "Dr. Octagonecologyst", "release_id": "cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72", "release_group_id": 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elements of this song were sampled by Dr. Octagon for \"Wild and Crazy.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3571869, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3571869/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-30T15:23:04-07:00", "show": 64976, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64976/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/9c52fd28-8d63-41c2-bf23-12028effe281/4294503440-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/9c52fd28-8d63-41c2-bf23-12028effe281/4294503440-250.jpg", "song": "Watch Me Now", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "1ee68a0d-3d97-4c2c-b596-a0ea65576236", "artist": "Ultramagnetic MC's", "artist_ids": [], "album": "Critical Beatdown", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "6d86a75b-1082-36dc-9f4a-3840e0f3aa56", "labels": [ "Next Plateau Records Inc." ], "label_ids": [ "29d7fbd2-d3c9-4679-ab6f-311dc1473bb5" ], "release_date": "1988-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "This was the opening track for the critically-acclaimed debut album from Ultramagnetic Mc's, 1988's \"Critical Beatdown.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3571867, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3571867/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-30T15:19:30-07:00", "show": 64976, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64976/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia601904.us.archive.org/29/items/mbid-cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72/mbid-cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72-2925311149_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801904.us.archive.org/29/items/mbid-cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72/mbid-cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72-2925311149_thumb250.jpg", "song": "I’m Destructive", "track_id": "eb3bd026-f34c-37fb-aca3-4a92e61354cb", "recording_id": "cb4f0bcd-2123-4151-8a17-59b72df29184", "artist": "Dr. Octagon", "artist_ids": [ "3eba5e02-780b-4acd-befb-d23a0c6708dd" ], 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This song also sampled the vocals from Impetigo's 1992 \"Defiling the Grave\" from their album \"Horror of the Zombies.\" (Perfect for Halloween!)\n--\n“Bash in your head with 10 full cans of Campbell’s soup / I’m on the roof and I let the pigeons out the chicken coop.”", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3571866, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3571866/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-30T15:15:23-07:00", "show": 64976, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64976/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/162df6cb-83b8-4fc2-b1df-311b8283ec06/35837859169-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/162df6cb-83b8-4fc2-b1df-311b8283ec06/35837859169-250.jpg", "song": "Shack Up", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "08d2c7f4-8214-491e-a1c9-236d724a2618", "artist": "A Certain Ratio", "artist_ids": [ "73577e86-4da8-4d76-949d-34c757e053be" ], "album": "Do the Du", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "ef21dbd7-dbc6-310f-9ad3-1fc13083f5c2", "labels": [ "Factory America" ], "label_ids": [ "b7561f44-a134-4e5a-a600-515dfd24becf" ], "release_date": "1981-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "This was A Certain Ratio's 1980 cover of the original 1975 original from Banbarra.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" } ] }
