“Getting Tighter”
This documentary examines the period of Deep Purple's career when Ian Gillan and Roger Glover left the band, but the group forged ahead by hiring David Coverdale. Included is a wealth of live footage from the mid and late seventies, as well as a detailed explanation of how the band finally sputtered to an end due to a drug overdose.
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Cast
8 people
Ian Gillan
Self
Also in
Deep Purple: Come Hell or High Water
Deep Purple: Live in concert 72/73
David Coverdale
Self
Also in
Whitesnake: Made in Japan
Whitesnake: Greatest Hits (Revisited Remixed Remastered MMXXII)
Roger Glover
Self
Also in
Deep Purple: Come Hell or High Water
Deep Purple: Live at Montreux 1996
Ritchie Blackmore
Self
Also in
Deep Purple: Live in concert 72/73
Blackmore's Night Castles and Dreams
Jon Lord
Self
Also in
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers Live
Deep Purple: Live in concert 72/73
Ian Paice
Self
Also in
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers Live
Deep Purple: Come Hell or High Water
Glenn V Hughes III
Self
Also in
Deep Purple - California Jam 1974
Black Country Communion - Live at Hellfest 2025
Tommy Bolin
Self
Also in
Deep Purple - History, Hits & Highlights '68-'76
First release June 28, 2011
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · June 28, 2011
Physical
No release date listed for United States.
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