usually this is due to a bad tube dragging down the plate supply. I never heard of "Alpha". It is probably a junk brand from the bad old days (before the industry collapsed in the late 1980s).
JJ EL84s seem to be the best ones being made today. Unfortunately good NOS EL84s are almost impossible to find, so you'll have to use current production.
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