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, it 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.