RFI: who was the person who made those t-shirts that Robin Williams & The Tubes used to wear?

http://www.mainmission.com/tubes/

San Francisco Hookers
San Francisco Tubes
San Francisco Robin Williams (?)

Maybe it was a san francisco airbrusher?

So I was listening to this album (Young and Rich) the other day and remembered this thread. I scan the insert numerous times to find who did the t-shirts, because I KNOW I read it on there before. There's a ridiculous amount of thanks given out to pretty much everyone they ever met (plus Ken Scott's LOLtastic notes on the recording process) but no credit for the t-shirts. So I'm completely stumped. My copy does not seem to have an inner sleeve any more so maybe the info was on there, rather than on the insert, in which case it'll probably show up in five years, stuffed into the wrong sleeve (yep, I'm blaming my kids). Right now I can't even remember if it ever had an inner sleeve. Anyone got this record with an inner sleeve plus an insert?

I do have it, now did it have an insert?

I'm thinking yes. Yeah, some explanations of the tracks...

what do these t-shirts look like? the link above is dead

http://www.turkku.com/graf/lp/tubes_young_and_rich_sleeve_big.jpg

thanks!

No prob.

xp Yeah, I checked my vinyl copy, and it's got the inner sleeve but no insert. And the sleeve has tons of notes, often hilarious -- actually, sounds like the same stuff everything describes on his insert, tech details included. But no T-shirt credit I can find amongst all of it.

i can't remember why i needed to know this so badly. must have been for something i was writing. if i ever see robin williams or fee waybill it will be the first thing i ask them.

i wouldn't be surprised if the tubes did them themselves. weren't they all ex-art students?

http://images.wolfgangsvault.com/images/catalog/detail/ZZZ002275-VX.jpg

okay, now i'm guessing that Prairie Prince made them:

Prairie Prince (born Charles L'Empereur Prince, May 7, 1950, Charlotte, North Carolina) is a rock drummer. He was a member of the The Tubes and a founding member of Journey. He has also worked with Chris Isaak (on his first four albums), Todd Rundgren, Brian Eno, David Byrne, XTC, Tom Waits, Paul Kantner, George Harrison, Dick Dale, Glenn Frey, Richard Marx, Bill Spooner, Neil Hamburger, John Fogerty, Tommy Bolin, Phil Lesh, and former Tubes and Grateful Dead keyboardist Vince Welnick.[1]

He is also a graphic artist, designing the album cover artwork for Rundgren's 1981 album Healing and Welnick's 1998 album Missing Man Formation, among others. Along with his creative partner Michael Cotten, he has created numerous set designs for major artists including Billy Joel, Bette Midler, N'Sync, The Tubes, and Todd Rundgren.

Those shirts are all over the pics in the booklet for the release of the Tubes pre-debut/Young & Rich records, an album's worth of songs rejected by producer Al Kooper, much the same as the first two LPs, rejected because they were thought to be too unusual. Haw. Some elaborate self-made gig posters, too, reinforcing the bit that someone in the Tubes has graphic arts talent.

Yeah, it must be Prairie Prince. In this interview (which is actually about XTC) he talks about first meeting Todd Rundgren in '75 when he was asked "to do some airbrushing on some costumes" for him.

Yep, my album has the insert.

Nothing specifically about t-shirts, but credits a photographer for the front, another for back and insert shots, leaving Michael Cotton and Praire Prince credit for "Album Design" (i.e. what's left? The t-shirts and directing people to stand around, I guess)...

Then again, loads of 'thanks' messages as well..

I was just listening to this album about an hour ago!

Pretty sure the insert of this album is partially homaged in the inner sleeve of Spinal Tap's "Break Like The Wind". The Tubes do it better though, since it's not really clear if the intent is humorous or not.

http://www.prairieprince.com/graphicdesign.html

http://www.prairieprince.com/images/graphic/graphic_4_original.jpg