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“ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS” by BOB DYLAN (Columbia) You can’t find many dance tunes on this record, and in fact, much of it is delivered almost as spoken word. Dylan and his core quintet are aided by guests like Benmont Tench and Fiona Apple, but as usual it’s his lyrics that stick out, even if they are equal parts compelling and confounding. The CD version is a two-disc affair, with an entire disc devoted to the 17-minute “Murder Most Foul,” in which the rock bard posits the assassination of JFK as a watershed moment when innocence and idealism died. He then weaves in a history of the pop culture that followed, hinting that the rest of the 1960s and ‘70s were influenced by that event, while referring back to it continually. Listeners can decide upon their own interpretations, but it is an impressive piece of work. The nine songs on the other CD are also intriguing, perhaps touching upon topical events (“Crossing the Rubicon”), or the endless variety of personal relat