Editing Quicksilver Messenger Service (section)

===Later years===
The band continued with the lineup of Gary Duncan, Greg Elmore, Dino Valenti and David Freiberg until September 1971, when Freiberg was jailed for marijuana possession; he was replaced by Mark Ryan. Following his recent session contributions, Naftalin joined the band in earnest. This lineup recorded two commercially unsuccessful albums (''Quicksilver'' [1971; No. 114] and ''Comin' Thru'' [1972; No. 134]) that left the group without a recording contract.<ref name= Logan-Woff /> Duncan's "Doin' Time in the USA" from the latter album enjoyed a modicum of FM radio play at the time, while the ''Quicksilver'' track "Fire Brothers" was later covered by [[4AD]] founder [[Ivo Watts-Russell]]'s [[This Mortal Coil]] on ''Filigree and Shadow'' (1986).

Now largely a part-time vehicle for Valenti and Duncan, the group continued to tour sporadically over the next two years, playing a mixture of headlining club dates and arena/stadium support slots for more popular groups such as [[The James Gang]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.setlist.fm/search?query=artist:(Quicksilver+Messenger+Service)+date:%5B1974-01-01+TO+1974-12-31%5D|title=Search for setlists: artist:(Quicksilver Messenger Service) date:[1974-01-01 TO 1974-12-31]|website=Setlist.fm|access-date=July 3, 2019|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806135054/https://www.setlist.fm/search?query=artist:(Quicksilver+Messenger+Service)+date:%5B1974-01-01+TO+1974-12-31%5D|url-status=live}}</ref> Naftalin departed the band in 1972 and was replaced by Chuck Steaks. Harold Aceves, formerly a roadie for the band, also joined the band at the same time as a second drummer. Ryan was fired in 1972 after missing a flight; he was replaced by Roger Stanton. Stanton had played with Aceves in a popular [[Phoenix, Arizona]] band Poland. Stanton remained with the band until 1974 when he was replaced by Bob Flurie, who was a well-known East Coast virtuoso guitar player. This Quicksilver lineup disbanded in 1975. Aceves, Stanton, and Flurie later backed former Country Joe and the Fish guitarist [[Barry Melton]].{{citation needed|date= June 2017}}

In 1975, Elmore, Duncan, Valenti, Freiberg and Cipollina recorded a reunion album, ''[[Solid Silver]]'', on Capitol Records. The album also included contributions from a variety of Bay Area musicians, including former keyboardist Nicky Hopkins, session vocalist [[Kathi McDonald]] and [[Jefferson Starship]] multi-instrumentalist [[Pete Sears]]. Freiberg had initially replaced [[Marty Balin]] in Jefferson Airplane following his release from prison in 1972 and remained with the group as they evolved into the mammothly successful Jefferson Starship. Released in November 1975, ''[[Solid Silver]]'' fared better from a commercial and critical standpoint than the preceding two albums but only managed to peak at No. 89. While Freiberg elected not to rejoin the live group as a result of his Jefferson Starship commitments, Cipollina, keyboardist Michael Lewis and bassist Skip Olsen toured with the returning trio for a handful of concerts in 1975, culminating in an appearance at San Francisco's [[Winterland Ballroom]] on December 28. Shortly thereafter, Cipollina departed once again and the remaining quintet continued to tour clubs intermittently until finally dissolving in 1979.