The vinyl version of The Two Ring Circus was released as a double 12" album playing at 45rpm, featuring six previously unreleased remixes and three re-recordings.

The CD and cassette editions feature an additional seven live bonus tracks billed as "The Touring Circus".

The seven "Touring Circus" bonus live tracks on the CD and cassette mainly feature songs from Erasure's first two albums.

(A Man After Midnight)" was their first remake of an ABBA song, foreshadowing a concept that would later provide them with a number-one in the UK in 1992 with the Abba-esque EP.

All seven of the CD and cassette live bonus tracks were recorded in Hamburg and were previously featured on the triple 12" single release for "The Circus".