Rasputin Music is the largest inependent chain of record stores in the extended San Francisco Bay Area, California that sells new and used CDs, LPs, DVDs, videogames, videos, and books. They have a cult-like fan base in Northern California and sell many rare albums and videos. The store was founded as "Rasputin Records" in 1971 in Berkeley, California by Berkeley entrepreneur Ken Sarachan. There are currently seven operating locations around the Bay Area: the flagship Berkeley store on Telegraph Avenue, San Francisco, Mountain View, Campbell, Concord, San Lorenzo, and Vallejo. Two additional locations have opened up in the Central Valley cities of Stockton and Fresno.