Paul and Linda McCartney in a television interview from a news magazine that also features Graeme Edge and Ray Thomas of the Moody Blues and Brian Wilson, as broadcast 1-10-87. The BetaGems channel also has "Paul McCartney 4-17-93 Anaheim CA UNRELEASED," "Paul McCartney 1-15-88 intvw Give My Regards to Broad Street," "Paul & Linda McCartney 12-18-87 TV performance," "Paul McCartney 10-13-84 late night TV interview," "Julian Lennon VS McCartney 10-13-84 TV interview," "Paul McCartney 10-23-84 late night TV performance," "Justin Hayward 7-3-97 4th & B San Diego UNRELEASED," "Moody Blues 5-29-84 SDSU San Diego UNRELEASED," "Moody Blues 7-10-91 TV performance 2 songs," "George Harrison meets the Smothers Brothers 11-17-68," "George Harrison loved drive-in theaters! 1964," "Ringo Starr 8-16-95 Humphreys San Diego UNRELEASED," "Ringo Starr rehearsal & interview 5-22-92 late night TV show," "Ringo Starr scenes from "Candy" 1968," "Ringo Starr 5-27-92 late night TV performance," "Ringo Starr 6-20-89 late night TV interview & jam," "Ringo Starr 1987 Sun Country Wine Coolers TV ad," and "Allen Ginsberg describes Sgt. Pepper themes track-by-track 1987."

BetaGems are culled from an archive of over 1000 beta video tapes recorded from 1983 into the 1990s. Most feature live music performances broadcast on television in San Diego CA, though there are also rarely seen commercials, comedy clips, and other material that doesn't seem to be anywhere else on Youtube or online.

Most of the tapes were recorded on a Sony SL-HFT7 Super Beta Theater Hi-Fi Stereo - the same model was refurbished and is being used for these digital transfers and uploads. In rare occasions where a BetaGems clip does appear elsewhere, we're only uploading if our own beta master is better quality or contains material not seen previously. Much footage comes from public television and public access broadcasts that the taper, who worked for a local cable TV production company in the 1980s, monitored nightly for several years. Some of the programming is strictly regional, mostly from the San Diego area.