Richie Havens & Peter Yarrow October 1987 late night TV performance

Peter Yarrow & Richie Havens in a late night TV performance broadcast in October 1987. The BetaGems channel also has "Peter Yarrow 9-14-85 Greenwich Village NYC performance," "Peter Paul & Mary 12-15-89 w/orchestra daytime TV performance," "Donovan, Mary Travers, Jennifer Warnes 3-23-69 TV performance" (with Peter Yarrow in the closing number), "Richie Havens & Mavis Staples 3-11-96 TV performance," "Richie Havens 9-14-85 Greenwich Village NYC performance," and "Richie Havens 1984 Beatles medley TV performance." 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.

Added 12 Jun 2026