Zappa Recommendations ?

@edgewear:

"Zappa considered his social commentaries to be ’antropological field studies’, describing situations and characters pretty much as they appeared to him in real life"

Can't say I've personally encountered many such characters/situations in real life. Can't say I regret that, either!  

@edgewear:

"I assume FZ would have been highly amused by the very idea that a person might consider himself too UNsophisticated to appreciate his stuff".

What I had in mind when I suggested I might be too unsophisticated was my difficulty enjoying the juxtaposition of a high level of musicianship with, to borrow your phrase, "deliberate crudeness". 

@chetatkins:

Skimmed through SU&PYG and liked enough of the tracks to add it to my "to buy" list. 

The most recent release “Zappa ‘88” is from his last US show. As is the case with most of his records, there are vocals on most tracks. The instrumental composition that Steve Vai once said was so difficult to play that the band feared playing it is called “The Black Page.” It appears on Zappa ‘88 and a few others. It is a musical masterpiece IMO. 

The only early Zappa record I dislike is Rueben And The Jets.

I think the Op could be enamored with The Illinois Enema Bandit?