A6 Real Record Cover Journal

The cover uses a real 7-inch record and includes a 45 adapter, a small detail that a vinyl collector will recognize immediately. For someone whose shopping trips tend to include a record store, there is more to notice here than a music-themed print. The record is part of the object itself.

At 5.5 by 3.5 inches, the hardcover journal belongs in a pocket or small bag. Its 160 lined pages suit quick notes, album recommendations, or a running list of records to hunt down. There is less room here for sprawling diary entries, and the ruled pages point it toward writing instead of sketching.

You choose by genre, so musical taste is the place to start when buying one for someone else. Each journal is one of a kind and uses a record diverted from landfill. The reuse is particularly fitting here: an object made to hold recorded sound becomes the cover for whatever its next owner wants to write down.