AFAIK, unlikely. In fact, I don't recall SSS to be a problem until the mid-to-late 70s. I copied a few rolls of Zonal (the CBC used it a bit) in 2000 that were recorded in the early 1970s and they played fine. At 09:14 AM 3/2/2005, Almut Boehme wrote: >Dear All, >Does anyone out there have any information on late 1960s Zonal tape? I >need to know how likely it is that these tapes have sticky tape syndrom. > Richard L. Hess email: [log in to unmask] Vignettes Media web: http://www.richardhess.com/tape/ Aurora, Ontario, Canada (905) 713 6733 1-877-TAPE-FIX