As the seventies rolled into the eighties, Peter was content to dabble in composing,
self-producing, and appearing in the occasional television special.

In 1985, Peter was called upon to honour a commitment made at a previous time
that he would provide a Christmas song for the Christian Television Association.

Ian Jamieson and Peter wrote the theme song and Peter was filmed performing the
theme plus other Christmas songs. A special Christmas Morning segment featured
Peter with his youngest daughter Cilla. This Christian Television Association
commercial screened on a dozen television channels leading up to Christmas,1985.

The soundtrack theme How Far Is Christmas / A Child Is Born-Boy Child
(Sundown SUN0138) was issued in those regions as a limited-edition
souvenir record. This track also receives the Marlboro Award for the best
Country/Gospel song for the year, 1985.

Peter also appeared in a local Toowoomba television special - Christmas In The
Makin’, hosted by TV personality Paul Makin.

During the mid-eighties, Peter records a number of titles for possible release, and to keep his hand in. Some of this titles managed to see the light
of day in 2007 on a limited-edition CD compilation titled Australian Born, American Dream: The Best Of Peter Wright.*

Known titles include:

Australian Born, American Dream*
False Prophet Dollars*
Play Me My Favourite
Hungry Eyed Country Boys
I’d Really Like To Get In Touch With Me*
Workin’ On The Building/From True Foundations (medley)*

In 2001, Ian Jamieson was contacted by Chris Spencer from Moonlight Publishing.

Chris requested Ian to check (for content accuracy) a Peter Wright article he was writing for a magazine he publishes. During the conversation
Chris mentioned he would like to locate a career profile on Wright who seemed to be the mystery man of 60s music. Ian informed him he had a
half-written book on the subject on a shelf somewhere. Chris advised if he finished it, Moonlight would publish the story.
The book - Hungry Eyed Country Boy: A Career Profile of Singer Songwriter Peter Wright was issued in November, 2001.

Peter has been busy over the last few years overseeing
the re-mastering of his recordings, and the 2003
reissue of the 1973 album Peter Wright Writes and Sings
(along with a radio documentary detailing the
album’s tracks), the release of Memories Are
Made Of This (2005), and the production
of a limited-edition greatest hits CD package.

In 2004, Ace Records in the UK issued the
compilation, Peculiar Hole In The Sky
(ACE CDWIKD 215) featuring their selection of the
twenty-seven best of from the Australian psychedelic
period. Peter’s 1967 classic House Of Bamboo was
included in this prestigious British Isles and
European release.

Peter worked with Kerry on re-mastering the
Chapter III recorded output, and Peter produced
a very comprehensive radio documentary on the
career of Chapter III.

Most recently, Peter has recovered the overdubs
recorded late in 1967, which were intended as stereo field
additions to the mono masters of House Of Bamboo and
Big Hunk O’ Love in order to produce simulated stereo
versions. These additions have been transferred to digital
files and all these years later, the mastering of these
lost in the mists of time simulated stereo recordings is finally under way.

Peter’s songs can regularly be heard on Toowoomba’s community radio station 4DDB-FM (especially on Sunday and Monday mornings).

Finally, with the advent of Rock Heritage events such as Rockstock which is held as an annual event at Helidon in Queensland’s Lockyer Valley,
Peter was invited to join the featured cast for Rockstock 09 which also included Judith Durham, The Delltones, Russell Morris, Judy Stone,
Lonnie Lee, Jimmy Little and Little Pattie. The event was compered by Johnny Young.

Peter had been one of the original 1967 headline artists featured in the legendary Helidon Spa 60s Pop festivals which are the inspirational
prototype upon which the present day Rockstock festivals are modelled.