This link (https://www.discogs.com/Mr-Smythe-Make-do-Mend/release/11585136) has an email to contact from the back of the CD - has anyone tried contacting that email? May be dead by now.

The back lists an F. C. Smythe and a T. C. Smythe - it could be possible that TC is a member of the band Smythe and Taylor: http://www.smytheandtaylor.com/press.html. This TC Smythe does not have a British accent though, so, it could not be the same one.

If not, not sure. There's a few leads you could follow from that Discogs link but it'd take some time to find what you're looking for, I think