[maximuslivius]

Hi there,

I just both a pair of vintage brand new SONY SLH 1100m back coated open

reel tapes on the eBay.
Both tapes get stuck on my Akai GX-625 deck. The behavior is really
bad.
I did not try to play back. Only try was a fast-forward and a rewind.
A closer look after the first fast-forward try to a whipping behavior
revealed that the tapes are depositing kind of a glue on the deck metal
cylinder guides. Fortunatelly, no contacts with the heads were made.
This happened to both tapes. I cleaned the deck metal parts with
alcohol
and then I try using a Maxell EE 3600 XLII.
Maxell open reel tape works smooth and steadly like a piece of cake.

Does anyone happen to know why these SONY tapes have this crappy
glue stuff on the magnetic side ? Should I throw them in the trash ?
I have never used a SONY tape before. Only BASF 7-inch ones.
I appreciate if the experts could provide their opinions about it and
also
on the SONY UHL 1100.

What are the best 10.5" tapes still available out there that will not
make
any damage to my beloved Akai ?

TIA,
Luiz Regis