 The CD version was also available in a hardcover , deluxe edition with a 30 @-@ page booklet containing exclusive new illustrations , studio and live photographs of the group and lyrics . A limited edition steel @-@ box version , containing the CD , a 20 @-@ page colour booklet , a DVD featuring the " Rock ' n ' Roll Train " video and a making of documentary , a large AC / DC flag , five stickers and a Gibson guitar pick , was issued in Germany and the United Kingdom in December . The album was released as a double LP on two 180 @-@ gram discs in a gatefold package featuring the standard red lettering artwork on the front . The LP was sold through the official website and through independent record shops in the US . An unknown number of copies of the vinyl version were incorrectly pressed ; side 1B had tracks from The Clash 's Live at Shea Stadium . Black Ice was not issued digitally as the band refused to sell their tracks separately . Angus declared , " If we were on iTunes , we know a certain percentage of people would only download two or three songs from the album – and we don 't think that represents us musically . " However , the entire album was leaked online a week before the official release . Rumours spread that Sony Music tried to control leaks by releasing fake tracks on peer @-@ to @-@ peer websites . 
