The Tale of the Giant Rat of Sumatra
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| Released | January 1974 | |||
| Genre | Comedy | |||
| Length | 40:41 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | The Firesign Theatre | |||
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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 Sherlock Holmes pastiche story loosely inspired by "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire" by Arthur Conan Doyle.