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. 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).