Quantegy 456 Reel-To-Reel Recording Tape "tapes play slow" Questions

...play is punched in either direction it want move,not even in ff or rewind. It sometimes will not slow down or stop when stop is pressed. When one side has more tape than the other it drags real bad. ...

PLAY I answered this previously, thinking you were referring to the machine, not the tape itself. See if a different tape (perhaps even different brand) works okay. If not, look at the machine. I have