Record shops and internet retailers are bracing themselves for a new outbreak of Beatlemania with the re-issue of 14 "remastered" albums.
The date 9/09/09 as been picked to launch the phenomenon - more than 45 years after the first wave of Beatlemania erupted.
Not only are the album charts expected dominated by the re-issued albums but the group are also expected to top the video game charts with the newly developed "Beatles Rock Band" software.
The remastered copies of their studio recordings - refined with months of painstaking work - are being released Wednesday 09/09/09 - what is already being dubbed the new "Beatles Day".
Bookies are predicting that John, Paul, George and Ringo will top the album charts once again with Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band favourite to be the biggest seller.
According to bookmaker William Hill the next most fancied album to be the biggest seller is Revolver followed by Abbey Road.
Online retailer Amazon.co.uk said hat a box set version of the band's stereo albums - priced at £170 - is topping its bestseller list on pre-orders alone.
It is thought to be the most expensive item ever to head the chart.
Each of the band's original albums plus the soundtrack to Yellow Submarine, the Magical Mystery Tour EP and the Past Masters collection of singles which were not included on albums have all been reworked and repackaged.
The sets are being issued in two versions - as well as the stereo mixes of each album, which are being sold boxed or individually, and a collector's box of the band's recordings in mono.
Experts have polished the sound and enhanced the quality of the original recordings which have been processed digitally.
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