Continental Circus is the original soundtrack album of the 1972 French documentary film of the same name directed by Jérôme Laperrousaz.

[2] Laperrousaz was a close friend and supporter of Allen and his partner Gilli Smyth[3] and the film, starring Jack Findlay and Giacomo Agostini, is about motorcycle road racing.

is the same piece as "Fohat Digs Holes in Space" on Camembert Electrique, but the version here lacks the intro, has different lyrics and is played slightly slower.

The track entitled "Continental Circus World" consists of dialogue and sound effects from the film, backed with a looped excerpt from "Blues for Findlay", the album's only new composition.

[6] Various bootleg versions of the album exist on CD which include live and studio tracks from roughly the same period.