Scholes' other activities included an early recognition of the possibilities of the gramophone as an aid to knowledge and understanding of music. His "First Book of the Gramophone Record" (1924) lists fifty records of music from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, with a commentary on each; a "Second Book" followed in 1925. From 1930 onwards, Scholes collaborated with the Columbia Graphophone Company in "The Columbia History of Music by Ear and Eye"; this comprised five volumes, each containing an explanatory booklet and eight 78rpm records specially made for the series, including Renaissance vocal and instrumental items performed by Arnold Dolmetsch and his family.