The Tale of the Giant Rat of Sumatra

The Tale of the Giant Rat of Sumatra
Studio album by The Firesign Theatre
Released	January 1974
Genre	Comedy
Length	40:41
Label	Columbia
Producer	The Firesign Theatre
The Firesign Theatre chronology
Roller Maidens From Outer Space (1974) The Tale of the Giant Rat of Sumatra (1974) Everything You Know Is Wrong (1974)

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The Tale of the Giant Rat of Sumatra is the seventh comedy album produced by the Firesign Theatre and released in January 1974 by Columbia Records. It is a send-up of a Sherlock Holmes adventure, "The Giant Rat of Sumatra", which was not written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle but was referenced in his Holmes tale, "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire", written in 1924.