Static cling with 3 quarter inch tape

Question

Is there anything to do about static cling? I have old (from 1973) reels of audio I am trying to transfer but one kind (a lighter brown tape as opposed to a black tape that doesn't have this problem) of audio tape has a major static cling problem. Am I right that is the reason for the fuzziness of audio? I don't think the static is native to the recording as the person who recorded it was rather experienced.